[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8376-8377]
[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 Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 2602.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. BARR:
       H.R. 2603.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
       Article III, Section 1.
       Article III, Section 2, Clause 1.
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas:
       H.R. 2604.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio:
       H.R. 2605.
       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.R. 2606.
       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. CROWLEY:
       H.R. 2607.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7: ``The Congress shall have 
     Power [ . . . ] To establish Post Offices and post Roads . . 
     .''
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 2608.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 2609.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. KATKO:
       H.R. 2610.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5, of the United States 
     Constitution: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and 
     of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and 
     Measures;
            By Mrs. LUMMIS:
       H.R. 2611.
       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. 2612.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 2613.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 2614.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Ms. PLASKETT:
       H.R. 2615.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper 
     Clause)
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (Territories Clause)
            By Mr. QUIGLEY:
       H.R. 2616.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mrs. RADEWAGEN:
       H.R. 2617.
       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. ROSS:
       H.R. 2618.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5
            By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 2619.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII.
            By Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia:
       H.R. 2620.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (``The Congress shall have 
     the 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; but all duties, 
     imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United 
     States'')
       Article I, 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 this 
     Constitution in the government of the United States, or in 
     any department or officer thereof'')
            By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 2621.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution
            By Mr. TONKO:
       H.R. 2622.
       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; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.

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