[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6665-6666]
[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. KEATING:
       H.R. 2285.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. COOK:
       H.R. 2286.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sections 8 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. MULVANEY:
       H.R. 2287.
       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.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. ``To regulate Commerce . . 
     .''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14. ``To make Rules for the 
     Government . . .''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18. ``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. GOODLATTE:
       H.R. 2288.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Property Clause of Article IV, Section 3--The Congress 
     shall have the Power to dispose of and make all needful rules 
     and regulation respecting the Territory or other Property 
     belong to the United States.
           By Mr. CONAWAY:
       H.R. 2289.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, Congress has 
     the authority to regulate foreign and interstate commerce.
           By Mr. CHABOT:
       H.R. 2290.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 . . . ``To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 . . . ``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. LARSEN of Washington:
       H.R. 2291.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       As described in Article 1, Section 1 ``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. OLSON:
       H.R. 2292.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas:
       H.R. 2293.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, known as the Commerce 
     Clause, provides Congress with the authority regulate 
     interstate and foreign commerce.
           By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 2294.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. MacARTHUR:
       H.R. 2295.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2, ``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 Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 2296.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 (relating to the power of Congress 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. ROYCE:
       H.R. 2297.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 2298.
       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 Defence and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
            By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 2299.
       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 Defence and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
            By Mr. TOM PRICE of Georgia:
       H.R. 2300.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Consistent with the original understanding of the commerce 
     clause, the authority to enact this legislation is found in 
     Clause 3 of Section 8, Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution. 
     Consistent with Congress's power to tax, the authority to 
     enact this legislation is also found in Clause 1 of Section 
     8, Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. CLEAVER:
       H.R. 2301.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislatioin is provided by Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 
     of the United States constitution.
           By Mr. COHEN:
       H.R. 2302.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 2303.
       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 an 
     Department of Officer thereof.
            By Mr. FARENTHOLD:
       H.R. 2304.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Ms. GABBARD:
       H.R. 2305.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.
            By Mr. GROTHMAN:
       H.R. 2306.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section VIII Clause I: The Congress shall have 
     the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and 
     excises, to pay the

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     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 Unites States.
       Article I Section VII Clause XVIII. 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. HARDY:
       H.R. 2307.
       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. HARDY:
       H.R. 2308.
       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. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 2309.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
       H.R. 2310.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 2311.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1
           By Mr. SIMPSON:
       H.R. 2312.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to the 
     power of Congress to provide for the general welfare of the 
     United States) and clause 18 (relating to the power to make 
     all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers 
     vested in Congress), and Article IV, section 3, clause 2 
     (relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all 
     needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or 
     other property belonging to the United States).''
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 2313.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. SMITH of Washington:
       H.R. 2314.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Ms. SPEIER:
       H.J. Res. 51.
       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.

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