[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 4098-4099]
[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. BURGESS:
       H.R. 2.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. CUMMINGS:
       H.R. 1557.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To . . 
     provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the 
     United States
           By Mr. OLSON:
       H.R. 1558.
       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. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 1559.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. NUNES:
       H.R. 1560.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
     United States government support the national security 
     interests of the United States, support and assist the armed 
     forces of the United States, and support the President in the 
     execution of the foreign policy of the United States. Article 
     I, section 8 gives Congress the power ``to . . . provide for 
     the common defense and general welfare of the United 
     States.'' The Necessary and Proper Clause of that section 
     also grants Congress the power ``[t]o make all laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested in this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.''
           By Mr. LUCAS:
       H.R. 1561.
       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 
     Indian tribes.
       and
       Article I, 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 of Officer thereof.
           By Mr. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 1562.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 1563.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 1564.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 18 of the United States Constitution
       By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 1565.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I; Section 8; Clause 3 of the Constitution states 
     The Congress shall have Power To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 1566.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 1567.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. VARGAS:
       H.R. 1568.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (1) To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the U.S. 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. ZELDIN:
       H.R. 1569.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 1570.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. COURTNEY:
       H.R. 1571.
       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 Defence and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
           By Mr. LAMBORN:
       H.R. 1572.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution
            By Mr. CARSON of Indiana:
       H.R. 1573.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Clause 1 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
       By Mr. CARSON of Indiana:
       H.R. 1574.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Clause 1 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
            By Ms. BROWN of Florida:
       H.R. 1575.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ARTICLE I SECTION 8
            By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 1576.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, which grants Congress 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.
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, of the United States 
     Constitution, which grants Congress the power to regulate 
     commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, 
     and with the Indian tribes.
           By Mr. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 1577.
       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; 
     . . .
       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 Staes, or in any Department or Officer thereof
            By Mr. DELANEY:
       H.R. 1578.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 1579.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. FARENTHOLD:
       H.R. 1580.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The ability to regulate interstate commerce pursuant to 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. GALLEGO:
       H.R. 1581.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII, Clause I: 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; all but duties, 
     imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the United 
     States.
            By Mr. GIBSON:
       H.R. 1582.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1, of Section 8, of Article I.
            By Mr. HARDY:
       H.R. 1583.
       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 1 of the United States Constitution, 
     which provides Congress with the ability to enact legislation 
     necessary and proper to effectuate its purposes in taxing and 
     spending.
            By Mr. LANGEVIN:
       H.R. 1584.
       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. LATTA:
       H.R. 1585.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 6
       The Senators and Representatives shall receive a 
     Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, 
     and paid out of the Treasury of the United States.
            By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 1586.
       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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments and further clarified and 
     intrepreted by the Supreme Court of the United States
            By Ms. LOFGREN:
       H.R. 1587.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Ms. McSALLY:
       H.R. 1588.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mrs. NOEM:
       H.R. 1589.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.R. 1590.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional Authority for this bill derives from 
     Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Mr. ROSS:
       H.R. 1591.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. RYAN of Ohio:
       H.R. 1592.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 18 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.''
            By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 1593.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 Section 18
            By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:
       H.R. 1594.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
       The Congress shall have the power to provide for the common 
     defense.
           By Mr. YOHO:
       H.R. 1595.
       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 Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California:
       H.R. 1596.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 13 and 14
       The Congress shall have the Power To provide and maintain a 
     Navy; and to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of 
     the land and naval Forces.

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