[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5297-5298]
[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. JODY B. HICE of Georgia:
       H.R. 1897.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution states, 
     ``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 . . .''
           By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 1898.
       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. LAWRENCE:
       H.R. 1899.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mrs. LAWRENCE:
       H.R. 1900.
       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. MARCHANT:
       H.R. 1901.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution Art. I Sec. 8 cl. 1, under the ``Power To 
     lay and collect Taxes'';
       Amd. 16, under the ``power to lay and collect taxes on 
     incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment 
     among the several States, and without regard to any census or 
     enumeration''; and
       Art. I Sec. 8 cl. 18, under the power to ``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. POCAN:
       H.R. 1902.
       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. KIND:
       H.R. 1903.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 1904.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I; Section 8; Clause 1 of the Constitution states 
     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 . 
     . .
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 1905.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I; Section 8; Clause 1 of the Constitution states 
     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 . 
     . .

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           By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 1906.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; and including, but not 
     solely limited to Article I, Section 8, Clause 14.
           By Mr. TIBERI:
       H.R. 1907.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mrs. BEATTY:
       H.R. 1908.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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. CULBERSON:
       H.R. 1909.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States of America.
           By Mr. GUTIERREZ:
       H.R. 1910.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 6, Congress has the 
     authority to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of 
     foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures.
           By Mr. HUNTER:
       H.R. 1911.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
       To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     the 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. HURT of Virginia:
       H.R. 1912.
       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. JEFFRIES:
       H.R. 1913.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
     States and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 1914.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. KILMER:
       H.R. 1915.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. LEVIN:
       H.R. 1916.
       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 duties and to 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. LIPINSKI:
       H.R. 1917.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 3 permitting Congress to 
     regulate Commerce with foreign nations.
           By Ms. LOFGREN:
       H.R. 1918.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS:
       H.R. 1919.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority in which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to regulate Commerce as enumerated 
     by Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 as applied to providing for 
     the general welfare of the United States through the 
     administration of the Medicare program under Title 18 if the 
     Social Security Act.
           By Ms. MENG:
       H.R. 1920.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Ms. MENG:
       H.R. 1921.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. NADLER:
       H.R. 1922.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clauses 1, 3, and 18.
           By Mr. RYAN of Ohio:
       H.R. 1923.
       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. SERRANO:
       H.R. 1924.
       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. SPEIER:
       H.R. 1925.
       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, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. SCHRADER:
       H.J. Res. 46.
       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 V of the United States Constitution.


     

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