[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18895-18896]
[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. NUNES:
       H.R. 4127.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
     United States government, including those under Title 50 of 
     the United States Code, are carried out to support the 
     national security interests of the United States, to support 
     and assist the armed forces of the United States, and to 
     support the President in the execution of the foreign policy 
     of the United States.
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States provides, in pertinent part, that ``Congress shall 
     have power . . . to pay the debts and provide for the common 
     defense and general welfare of the United States''; ``. . . 
     to raise and support armies. . .''; and ``To make all laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested in 
     this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or 
     in any Department or Officer thereof.''
           By Mr. BECERRA:
       H.R. 4128.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 4129.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. NOLAN:
       H.R. 4130.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. HECK of Washington:
       H.R. 4131.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. POLIQUIN:
       H.R. 4132.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3 states ``Congress shall have the 
     Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and 
     Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property 
     belonging to the United States.''
           By Mr. BYRNE:
       H.R. 4133.
       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.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 4134.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (relating to the power to 
     make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the 
     powers vested in Congress), and 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. DUCKWORTH:
       H.R. 4135.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of 
     the United States Constitution which gives Congress the 
     authority to ``make all Laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into Execution the forgoing Powers, and 
     all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government 
     of the United States, or in any Department or Office 
     thereof.''
           By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 4136.
       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 the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. RYAN of Ohio:
       H.R. 4137.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 18 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.''

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