[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16392-16393]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

  Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, the following statements are submitted regarding the 
specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the 
accompanying bill or joint resolution.

            By Mr. ROTHFUS:
       H.R. 3797.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, 
     ``[t]o regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes . . .''
            By Mr. GARRETT:
       H.R. 3798.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (The Congress shall have 
     Power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States and within the Indian Tribes'') and 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (The Congress shall have 
     Power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper 
     for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all 
     other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of 
     the United States, or in any Department or Officer 
     thereof'').
       Additional authority derives from Article III, Section 1 
     (``The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested 
     in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the 
     Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The 
     Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold 
     their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated 
     Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which 
     shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.) 
     Additional authority also derives from Article III, Section 
     2, Clause 3 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 3799.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1--``The Congress shall have 
     the Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and 
     Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence 
     and general Welfare of the United States.''
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 3800.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution relating to 
     the power of Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, 
     imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the 
     common defense and general welfare of the United States)
            By Mr. COHEN:
       H.R. 3801.
       At 121 Congress has the power to enact this legislation 
     pursuant to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 8
            By Mr. BABIN:
       H.R. 3802.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment II:
       A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security 
     of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear 
     arms, shall not be infringed.
            By Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 3803.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 9, clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. BRAT:
       H.R. 3804.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has explicit and implicit powers to spend, to 
     raise revenue, and to borrow throughout Article I, Section 8 
     of the Constitution. Coherent management of fiscal powers 
     requires a complete assessment of the effects of proposed 
     legislation, so it is both necessary and proper for the 
     estimating agencies to inform Congress of total fiscal 
     impacts.
            By Ms. ESHOO:
       H.R. 3805.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER:
       H.R. 3806.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. HONDA:
       H.R. 3807.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 3808.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the explicit power of Congress to regulate commerce in and 
     among the states, as enumerate in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the United States 
     Constitution.
       Additionally, Article 1, Section 7, Clause 2 of the 
     Constitution allows for every bill passed by the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate and signed by the President to 
     be codified into law; and therefore implicitly allows 
     Congress to amend any bill that has been passed by both 
     chambers and signed into law by the President.
            By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
       H.R. 3809.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 3810.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 3811.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 3812.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. MOORE:
       H.R. 3813.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8.
            By Ms. PINGREE:
       H.R. 3814.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section I, Article 8
       The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes; 
     duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for 
     the common defense and general welfare of the United States
            By Mrs. WALORSKI:
       H.J. Res. 70.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution

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