[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3606]
[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. McHENRY:
       H.R. 1365.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the explicit power of Amendment II of the United State 
     Constitution: A well regulated militia, being necessary to 
     the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep 
     and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
       Additionally, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce 
     Clause, of the United States Constitution: To regulate 
     commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, 
     and with the Indian tribes.
           By Mrs. LUMMIS:
       H.R. 1366.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mrs. RADEWAGEN:
       H.R. 1367.
       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 Mr. ROYCE:
       H.R. 1368.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mrs. WALORSKI:
       H.R. 1369.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. GRAVES of Missouri:
       H.R. 1370.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, which states ``Congress 
     shall have the power to regulate commerce with foreign 
     nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes.''
       The management of the Missouri River by the Army Corps of 
     Engineers directly impacts commerce. The river is a sourre of 
     barge traffic carrying a variety of goods.
           By Mr. BARLETTA:
       H.R. 1371.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. BOUSTANY:
       H.R. 1372.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general 
     Welfare of the United States.''
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 1373.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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 Mr. CAPUANO:
       H.R. 1374.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 3, 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 Defence and 
     general Welfare of the United States;''
       Article I, Section 3, Clause 6: ``To provide for the 
     Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin 
     of the United States;''
           By Ms. ESTY:
       H.R. 1375.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. GRIFFITH:
       H.R. 1376.
       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 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. HINOJOSA:
       H.R. 1377.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: The Commerce Clause
           By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 1378.
       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. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 1379.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 1380.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. QUIGLEY:
       H.R. 1381.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of article I of the Constitution
           By Miss RICE of New York:
       H.R. 1382.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California:
       H.R. 1383.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. WALZ:
       H.R. 1384.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Section 8 of Article I of 
     the United States Constitution.

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