[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 20110]
[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. ZELDIN:
        H.R. 4237.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. MENG:
        H.R. 4238.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. LoBIONDO:
        H.R. 4239.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
     United States government including those under Title 50, 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 Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 4240.
        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, Clauses 1, 3, and 18 of 
     the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. MARINO:
        H.R. 4241.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``Article I, Section 8, Clause 8: To promote the Progress 
     of Science and useful Arts, by security for limited Times to 
     Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective 
     Writings and Discoveries.''
            By Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California:
        H.R. 4242.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Clause 18
            By Mr. KILMER:
       H.R. 4243.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 Clause 18 ``To make all Laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper . . .''
            By Mr. PERRY:
        H.R. 4244.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Ms. PINGREE:
        H.R. 4245.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of the US Constitution
       Amendment XVI to the Constitution

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