[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 19178-19179]
[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. MILLER of Florida:
        H.R. 4138.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. SINEMA:
        H.R. 4139.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18
            By Mr. GUINTA:
        H.R. 4140.
        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.

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            By Mrs. BLACK:
        H.R. 4141.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. AGUILAR:
        H.R. 4142.
        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. DeSANTIS:
        H.R. 4143.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. DUCKWORTH:
        H.R. 4144.
        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 foregoing 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. ENGEL:
        H.R. 4145.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to:
       U.S. Const. Art. I Sec. 1.
            By Ms. LOFGREN:
        H.R. 4146.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all laws that 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the 
     foregoing powers, and all powers vested by this Constitution 
     in the government of the United States, or in any department 
     or officer thereof.
            By Ms. LOFGREN:
        H.R. 4147.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 5, Clause 2: Each House may determine 
     the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for 
     disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, 
     expel a member.
            By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
        H.R. 4148.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, which reads: To regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with Indian Tribes
            By Mr. RICE of South Carolina:
        H.R. 4149.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I
            By Mr. RUIZ:
        H.R. 4150.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. SIMPSON:
        H.R. 4151.
        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 of the United 
     States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to 
     providing for the general welfare of the United States) and 
     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).''

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