[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2220-2222]
[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 Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 907.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
           By Ms. ESHOO:
       H.R. 908.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. McCAUL:
       H.R. 909.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8: ``The Congress shall have Power To . . . 
     regulate Commerce . . . among the several States . . .''
           By Mrs. MILLER of Michigan:
       H.R. 910.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 911.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. YARMUTH:
       H.R. 912.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 913.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3, of Section 8, of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Ms. GRAHAM:
       H.R. 914.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Ms. DelBENE:
       H.R. 915.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mrs. BUSTOS:
        H.R. 916.
        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 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. KING of Iowa:
        H.R. 917.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 Clause 9 that grants Congress the power 
     to constitute inferior tribunals to the Supreme Court.
            By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
        H.R. 918.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, to 
     ``provide for the common defense and general welfare of the 
     United States.''
            By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas:
        H.R. 919.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8
            By Mr. LABRADOR:
        H.R. 920.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Per Article 1, Section 8, Clause 9, and Article 1, Section 
     8, Clause 18 of the Constitution

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     and the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, Congress has the 
     power to enact this proposed legislation to make reforms to 
     federal criminal sentencing. The proposed legislation 
     conforms to the norms of the Fifth Amendment with respect to 
     due process.
           By Mr. GUTHRIE:
        H.R. 921.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
       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, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States;
       To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
       To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
       To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform 
     Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United 
     States;
       To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign 
     Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
       To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the 
     Securities and current Coin of the United States;
       To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
       To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by 
     securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the 
     exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
       To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
       To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the 
     high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;
       To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and 
     make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
       To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money 
     to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
       To provide and maintain a Navy;
       To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces;
       To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the 
     Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel 
     Invasions;
       To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the 
     Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be 
     employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to 
     the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and 
     the Authority of training the Militia according to the 
     discipline prescribed by Congress;
       To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, 
     over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, 
     by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of 
     Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United 
     States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places 
     purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in 
     which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, 
     Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful 
     Buildings;--And
       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 Ms. ADAMS:
        H.R. 922.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and 
     Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. STUTZMAN:
        H.R. 923.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 3 of 
     Section 8 of Aritcle I of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. GOSAR:
        H.R. 924.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Because this legislation adjusts the formula the federal 
     government uses to spend money on federal contracts, it is 
     authorized by the Constitution under Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 1, which grants Congress its spending power.
            By Mr. AMODEI:
        H.R. 925.
        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).
           By Mr. AMODEI:
       H.R. 926.
       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).
           By Mr. BEYER:
       H.R. 927.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. BOUSTANY:
       H.R. 928.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I
           By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 929.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 930.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 931.
       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 of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 932.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Ms. ESHOO:
       H.R. 933.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 934.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 18)
           By Ms. HAHN:
       H.R. 935.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: of the United 
     States Constitution, seen below, this bill falls within the 
     Constitutional Authority of the United States Congress.
       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 or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. HECK of Washington:
       H.R. 936.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8: ``Congress shall have power to . . . 
     make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carring 
     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. HINOJOSA:
       H.R. 937.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Clauses 1 and 18 of 
     Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. JOLLY:
       H.R. 938.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1, Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States 
     Constitution which reads: ``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. KIND:
       H.R. 939.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Artile I, Section 8, Clause 3:
       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, imposts and excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States; . . .
       To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among 
     several states, and with the Indian tribes
           By Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 940.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5: All persons born or 
     naturalized in the United States, and subject to the 
     jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and 
     the

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     State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any 
     law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of 
     citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive 
     any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process 
     of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the 
     equal protection of the laws.
           By Ms. KUSTER:
       H.R. 941.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the 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) of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 942.
       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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Mr. LEWIS:
       H.R. 943.
       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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Mr. LoBIONDO:
       H.R. 944.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mrs. LUMMIS:
       H.R. 945.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 4, Section 3: The Congress shall have Power to 
     dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations 
     respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the 
     United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so 
     construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or 
     of any particular State.
            By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
        H.R. 946.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Ms. MATSUI:
        H.R. 947.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. MESSER:
        H.R. 948.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 section 6 of the United Stated Constitution and 
     the 27th Amendment to the United States Constitution
            By Mr. NADLER:
        H.R. 949.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clauses 1, 17, and 18.
            By Mr. PERLMUTTER:
        H.R. 950.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. SALMON:
        H.R. 951.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4, Clause 1: The times, places and 
     manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, 
     shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; 
     but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such 
     regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators.
            By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
        H.R. 952.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
        H.R. 953.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I
            By Mr. SMITH of Nebraska:
        H.R. 954.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. SMITH of Washington:
        H.R. 955.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress ``to provide for the common Defence'', 
     ``to raise and support Armies'', ``to provide and maintain a 
     Navy'' and ``to make Rules for the Government and Regulation 
     of the land and naval Forces'' as enumerated in Article I, 
     section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. SPEIER:
        H.R. 956.
        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 1, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. STIVERS:
        H.R. 957.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution: 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 the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
            By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi:
        H.R. 958.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution [t]o 
     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. THOMPSON of Mississippi:
       H.R. 959.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution: 
     The 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; and nothing in 
     this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any 
     Claims of the United States, or any particular State.
            By Mr. TIBERI:
        H.R. 960.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. TIBERI:
        H.R. 961.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill makes changes to existing law relating to Article 
     1, Section 7 which provides that ``All bills for raising 
     Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.''
            By Mr. HUELSKAMP:
        H.J. Res. 32.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this joint resolution 
     is based is found in Article V of the Constitution, which 
     grants Congress the authority, whenever two thirds of both 
     chambers deem it necessary, to propose amendements to the 
     Constitution.

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