[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8016-8017]
[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. CHABOT:
       H.R. 2584.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 2585.
       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. CHABOT:
       H.R. 2586.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. CHABOT:
       H.R. 2587.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. ALLEN:
       H.R. 2588.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
       The Congress shall have the Power . . . To establish an 
     uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the 
     subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States
           By Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina:
       H.R. 2589.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may 
     not be limited to, Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     United States Constitution.
       ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes;''
           By Mr. GIBSON:
       H.R. 2590.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 2591.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois:
       H.R. 2592.
       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. LATTA:
       H.R. 2593.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: Congress shall have the 
     Power . . . ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.''
            By Mr. MacARTHUR:
       H.R. 2594.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The General Welfare Clause (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1) 
     and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 18)
            By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 2595.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. NUNES:
       H.R. 2596.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
     United States government are carried out to support the 
     national security interests of the United States, to support 
     and assist the armed forces of the United States, and to 
     support the President in the execution of the foreign policy 
     of the United States.
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States provides, in pertinent part, that ``Congress shall 
     have power . . . to pay the debts and provide for the common 
     defense and general welfare of the United States''; ``. . . 
     to raise and support armies . . .''; ``To provide and 
     maintain a Navy''; ``To make Rules for the Government and 
     Regulation of the land and naval Forces''; and ``To 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. PAULSEN:
       H.R. 2597.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. POLIS:
       H.R. 2598.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution 
     (relating to the general welfare of the United States); and 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution 
     (relating

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     to the power to regulate interstate commerce).
           By Mr. ROUZER:
       H.R. 2599.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution states that ``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. SHERMAN:
       H.R. 2600.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mrs. TORRES:
       H.R. 2601.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.

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