[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4924-4925]
[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. LOUDERMILK:
       H.R. 1764.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 Mrs. HARTZLER:
       H.R. 1765.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I: Section 8: Clause 3 The United States Congress 
     shall have power
       ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
           By Mr. PITTENGER:
       H.R. 1766.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The explicit power of Congress to regulate commerce in and 
     among the states, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the United States 
     Constitution.
       Additionally, Article 1, Section 7, Clause 2 of the 
     Constitution allows for every bill passed by the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate and signed by the President to 
     be codified in to law; and therefore implicitly allows 
     Congress to repeal any bill that has been passed by both 
     chambers and signed in to law by the President.
           By Mr. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.R. 1767.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States
            By Mr. KLINE:
       H.R. 1768.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States
           By Mr. BENISHEK:
       H.R. 1769.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The United States Constitution, Article 1, Section 8
            By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 1770.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 provides that Congress has the 
     authority ``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. MULLIN:
       H.R. 1771.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. CARNEY:
       H.R. 1772.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
       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.

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            By Mr. MARCHANT:
       H.R. 1773.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This trade related bill is addressed under the 
     Constitution's Commerce Clause; Article 1, Section 8, Clause 
     3 of the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress the power 
     ``to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the 
     several states, and with the Indian tribes.''
            By Mr. GRIFFITH:
       H.R. 1774.
       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 Ms. EDWARDS:
       H.R. 1775.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section I.
       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. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 1776.
       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. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 1777.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Ms. BONAMICI:
       H.R. 1778.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       1) Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 1
       2) Amdt. XVI
            By Mr. YARMUTH:
       H.R. 1779.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
           By Ms. SEWELL of Alabama:
       H.R. 1780.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and the sixteenth amendment
            By Ms. SEWELL of Alabama:
       H.R. 1781.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and the sixteenth amendment
            By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 1782.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution
            By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 1783.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution:
       The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all 
     needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or 
     other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in 
     this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any 
     Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
            By Ms. JENKINS of Kansas:
       H.R. 1784.
       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.
           By Mr. LATTA:
       H.R. 1785.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
            By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 1786.
       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 Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 1787.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clauses 3 and 18 of section 8 of article I of the 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. PAULSEN:
       H.R. 1788.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. PAYNE:
       H.R. 1789.
       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 Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 1790.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII.
            By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 1791.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 8 of Section 8, Article I
            By Mr. STEWART:
       H.R. 1792.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all 
     needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or 
     other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in 
     this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any 
     Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.'' 
     Article IV, Section 3, paragraph 2
            By Mr. STEWART:
       H.R. 1793.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``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 or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' 
     Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. BARLETTA:
       H.R. 1794.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Mrs. HARTZLER:
       H.J. Res. 44.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I: Section 8: Clause 17 The United States Congress 
     shall have power
       ``To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases 
     whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles 
     square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the 
     Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of Government of the 
     United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places 
     purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in 
     which the same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, 
     Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful 
     Buildings.''

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