[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16834]
[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. MESSER:
       H.R. 3857.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clause 18, of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. CHABOT:
       H.R. 3858.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 3, and Article I, section 8, 
     clause 18.
            By Mr. PERRY:
       H.R. 3859.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18--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 of Officer thereof.
           By Mr. WALBERG:
       H.R. 3860.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States; the power to regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian 
     Tribes.
       To preserve the companionship services exemption for 
     minimum wage and overtime pay, and the live in domestic 
     services exemption for overtime pay, under the Fair Labor 
     Standards Act of 1938.
            By Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 3861.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of, and the Sixteenth 
     Amendment to, the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. DUCKWORTH:
       H.R. 3862.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
            By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 3863.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the 
     Congress by Article I, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. JEFFRIES:
       H.R. 3864.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       US Const. Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 18 (``Congress shall have the 
     power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into Execution . . . all other Powers 
     vested in this Constitution in the Government of the United 
     States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'').
            By Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia:
       H.R. 3865.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. NORCROSS:
       H.R. 3866.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. ZINKE:
       H.R. 3867.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 & 18 of the United States 
     Constitution

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