[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3527]
[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. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 1353.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, which gives the Congress 
     the authority to provide for the general welfare of the 
     United States. Additionally, under Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 8 which gives Congress the power 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
           By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 1354.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3 and Clause 18.
            By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 1355.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3 and Clause 18.
            By Mr. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 1356.
       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. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 1357.
       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. ENGEL:
       H.R. 1358.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. Art. I Section 8 clause 3
            By Mr. FATTAH:
       H.R. 1359.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution, the Congress shall have the power ``[t]o 
     regulate commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several 
     states, and with the Indian tribes.''
           By Mr. FATTAH:
       H.R. 1360.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution, the Congress shall have the power ``[t]o 
     regulate commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several 
     states, and with the Indian tribes.''
            By Mr. GUTHRIE:
       H.R. 1361.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. GUTHRIE:
       H.R. 1362.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 1363.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation repeals a rule made by an Executive agency 
     pursuant to an act of Congress. This bill is intended to 
     correct the agency's errant interpretation of Congress' 
     intent as expressed in the authorizing legislation, and, as 
     such, follows the responsibility that Congress has, under 
     Article 1, Section 1, to exercise all legislative powers of 
     the United States.
            By Ms. TITUS:
       H.R. 1364.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3

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