[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16495]
[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. KING of New York:
       H.R. 3815.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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
           By Mr. CALVERT:
       H.R. 3816.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, 
     specifically Clauses 1 (relating to providing for the general 
     welfare of the United States) and 18 (relating to the power 
     to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the 
     powers vested in Congress) of such section.
       OR
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 18.
           By Mr. POCAN:
       H.R. 3817.
       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 with 
     the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. GOSAR:
       H.R. 3818.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 (the Naturalization Clause), 
     which gives Congress sovereign control over immigration and 
     the vesting of citizenship in aliens. In March 1790, Congress 
     passed the first uniform rule for naturilaztion under the new 
     Constitution. In Chirac v Lessee of Chirac (1817), the 
     Supreme Court affirmed this power rests exclusively with 
     Congress.
           By Mr. SHUSTER:
       H.R. 3819.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 1 (related to laying and collecting 
     Taxes, and providing for the common defense and general 
     Welfare of the United States), Clause 3 (related to 
     regulation of Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with Indian Tribes), and Clause 7 
     (related to establishment of Post Offices and Post Roads).
           By Ms. JUDY CHU of California:
       H.R. 3820.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. 1, Sec. 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 Mr. COLLINS of New York:
       H.R. 3821.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. FLORES:
       H.R. 3822.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. 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; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
           By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 3823.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. HARDY:
       H.R. 3824.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. TAKANO:
       H.R. 3825.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. WALDEN:
       H.R. 3826.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States).
           By Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California:
       H.R. 3827.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the Constitution of the 
     United States

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