[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3344]
[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. RENACCI:
       H.R. 1343.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8: ``. . . provide for the common 
     Defense and general Welfare of the United States . . .''
           By Mr. GUTHRIE:
       H.R. 1344.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Ms. BASS:
       H.R. 1345.
       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, which shall consist of a 
     Senate and House of Representatives.
           By Mr. COOPER:
       H.R. 1346.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. COOPER:
       H.R. 1347.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina:
       H.R. 1348.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may 
     not be limited to, Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Ms. GRAHAM:
       H.R. 1349.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. SERRANO:
       H.R. 1350.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the Constitution, which 
     states that ``The Congress shall have Power. . . . To 
     establish Post Offices and post roads.''
           By Ms. WILSON of Florida:
       H.R. 1351.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. 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 Ms. WILSON of Florida:
       H.R. 1352.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the Commerce Clause) and 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (the Necessary and Proper 
     Clause).

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