[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3136]
[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. GARAMENDI:
       H.R. 1208.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clauses 1 and 18 
     of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution 
     and Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 1209.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, Section Eight, Clause Three ``To regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes.''
           By Mr. BARR:
       H.R. 1210.
       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 Mrs. NAPOLITANO:
       H.R. 1211.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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;
            By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 1212.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 ``necessary and proper'' clause.
            By Mrs. MILLER of Michigan:
       H.R. 1213.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, which grants 
     Congress the authority to make laws governing the commerce 
     among several states, including employment discrimination 
     laws.
           By Mr. AMODEI:
       H.R. 1214.
       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 make rules for the government and 
     regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. LABRADOR:
       H.R. 1215.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, which gives Congress the 
     authority, ``To Regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;''
            By Mr. LYNCH:
       H.R. 1216.
       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. KING of New York:
       H.R. 1217.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 6
       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.
            By Mr. BOUSTANY:
       H.R. 1218.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. COLE:
       H.R. 1219.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8 which 
     allows Congress to regulate trade amongst the Indian Tribes.
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 which grants 
     Congress the power to make all needful Rules and Regulations 
     respecting . . . Property belonging to the United States.
            By Mr. DENT:
       H.R. 1220.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 section 8 of the US Constitution
            By Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina:
       H.R. 1221.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Commerce Clause: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power ``to regulate 
     commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, 
     and with the Indian tribes.''
            By Ms. ESTY:
       H.R. 1222.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 1223.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority for this bill is pursuant to 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. PERLMUTTER:
       H.R. 1224.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution
            By Mr. PIERLUISI:
       H.R. 1225.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to provide for the general welfare 
     of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; to make all laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     execution such power, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18 of the Constitution; and to make rules and 
     regulations respecting the U.S. territories, as enumerated in 
     Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. RIBBLE:
       H.R. 1226.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. TAKANO:
       H.R. 1227.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Mr. TURNER:
       H.R. 1228.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. WELCH:
       H.R. 1229.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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..
            By Mr. WESTERMAN:
       H.R. 1230.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Sec. 8, Clause 1. General Welfare 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; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States;
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 1231.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1

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