[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5088-5089]
[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. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
        H.R. 1795.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, to 
     ``provide for the common defense and general welfare of the 
     United States.''
            By Ms. McCOLLUM:
        H.R. 1796.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which gives Congress the 
     power ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper 
     for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers.''
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
        H.R. 1797.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. NEUGEBAUER:
        H.R. 1798.
        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
            By Mr. ELLISON:
        H.R. 1799.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 3.
            By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
        H.R. 1800.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, to 
     ``provide for the common defense and general welfare of the 
     United States.''
            By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
        H.R. 1801.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       USC Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 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[.]'') (This bill would provide a 
     tax credit to entities that implement financial literacy 
     programming for students--empowering said students, and in 
     turn, improving the nation's ``general Welfare.'').
            By Mr. McKINLEY:
        H.R. 1802.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this 
     legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and 
     among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.
            By Mr. POE of Texas:
        H.R. 1803.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. McDERMOTT:
        H.R. 1804.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. GIBSON:
        H.R. 1805.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 and 4, of Section 8, of Article I.
            By Mr. SMITH of Texas:
        H.R. 1806.
        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 Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois:
        H.R. 1807.
        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. CASTRO of Texas:
        H.R. 1808.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 
     I, Sec. 8, Clause 18)
       THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
       ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS
       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

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     this Constitution in the government of the United States, or 
     in any department or officer thereof.
            By Ms. DeLAURO:
        H.R. 1809.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
        H.R. 1810.
        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, Clauses 1, 3, and 18 of 
     the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. DEUTCH:
        H.R. 1811.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 as interpreted by Steward 
     Machine Company v. Davis and by Helvering v. Davis (``general 
     welfare'' and general taxation).
           By Mr. ENGEL:
        H.R. 1812.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. GOHMERT:
        H.R. 1813.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, US Constitution:
       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 the 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
            By Mr. GRIJALVA:
        H.R. 1814.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3
       To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian tribes;
            By Mr. HARDY:
        H.R. 1815.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the 
     Constitution''.
            By Mr. HECK of Nevada:
        H.R. 1816.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18 of the United States Constitution, 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.
            By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
        H.R. 1817.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which states ``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.''
            By Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois:
        H.R. 1818.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to clause 7 of Section 9 of Article I of the 
     Constitution, Congress has the authority to control the 
     expenditures of the federal government.
            By Mr. LIPINSKI:
        H.R. 1819.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 and the 16th Amendment of the U.S. 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico:
        H.R. 1820.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. NEAL:
        H.R. 1821.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article, 1 Section 8
            By Mr. PIERLUISI:
        H.R. 1822.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to provide for the general welfare 
     of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; to make all laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     execution such power, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18 of the Constitution; and to make rules and 
     regulations respecting the U.S. territories, as enumerated in 
     Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. QUIGLEY:
        H.R. 1823.
        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 lay and collect taxes, duties, 
     imposts and excises; as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. ROGERS of Alabama:
        H.R. 1824.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States 
     Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. ROONEY of Florida:
        H.R. 1825.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Per Article 1 Sec 8 of the Constitution: To regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes;
       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. SABLAN:
        H.R. 1826.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8.
            By Mr. TAKANO:
        H.R. 1827.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Mr. THORNBERRY:
        H.R. 1828.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I: ``The Congress shall have 
     Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imports and Excises, 
     to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and 
     general Welfare for the United States; but all Duties, 
     imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United 
     States''
            By Mrs. TORRES:
        H.R. 1829.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.

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