[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 19996-19997]
[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. RIGELL:
       H.R. 4208.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 11: To declare War, grant 
     Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning 
     Captures on Land and Water
           By Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California:
       H.R. 4209.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution and
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. PITTENGER:
       H.R. 4210.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 1: All legislative Powers herein granted 
     shall be vested in a Congress of the United States
           By Mr. ROYCE:
       H.R. 4211.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. 
     Constitution to regulate commerce.
           By Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California:
       H.R. 4212.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. PASCRELL:
       H.R. 4213.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 4214.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the Constitution and its subsequent amendments 
     and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of 
     the United States.
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 4215.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.)
           By Ms. MOORE:
       H.R. 4216.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. BERA:
       H.R. 4217.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Clause 8
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 4218.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8--necessary and proper clause
           By Mr. BOUSTANY:
       H.R. 4219.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. BUCK:
       H.R. 4220.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1, Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution:
       ``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 and Imposts and Excises shall be 
     uniform throughout the United States.''
           By Mr. CARNEY:
       H.R. 4221.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``The Congress 
     shall have 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. CARNEY:
       H.R. 4222.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``The Congress 
     shall have 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 Ms. JUDY CHU of California:
       H.R. 4223.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Clause 1 of Section 8 or Article 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia:
       H.R. 4224.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, which states that Congress shall have the 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. CONYERS:
       H.R. 4225.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4.
           By Mr. CURBELO of Florida:
       H.R. 4226.
       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 Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 4227.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. DeSAULNIER:
       H.R. 4228.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. KATKO:
       H.R. 4229.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause I of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
           By Mr. NADLER:
       H.R. 4230.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clauses 1, 17, and 18.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 4231.
       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. POMPEO:
       H.R. 4232.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER:
       H.R. 4233.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States 
     Constitution, which gives Congress the ``Power to dispose of 
     and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the 
     Territory or other Property belongings to the United States . 
     . .''
           By Mr. SARBANES:
       H.R. 4234.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 4235.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. SERRANO:
       H.R. 4236.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution, which 
     states that that ``The Congress shall have power to lay and 
     collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises . . .'' In 
     addition, this legislation is introduced pursuant to Article 
     I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution, which states 
     that Congress shall have the 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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