[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8619-8620]
[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. ELLISON:
       H.R. 2623.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives, the following statement is submitted 
     regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the 
     Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint 
     resolution. Congress has the power to enact this legislation 
     pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3 and 
     Clause 18.
       The Congress shall have the 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 or Officer thereof''
            By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia:
       H.R. 2624.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, 
     which sets forth the constitutional authority of Congress to 
     regulate interstate commerce.
            By Mr. GARRETT:
       H.R. 2625.
       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); Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 (To coin 
     money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and 
     fix the standard of weights and measures); Article I, Section 
     8, Clause 6 (To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting 
     the securities and current coin of the United States); and 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (To make all laws which shall 
     be necessary and proper for carrying into execution foregoing 
     powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in 
     the government of the United States, or in any department 
     thereof).
            By Mr. LUCAS:
       H.R. 2626.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. RYAN of Ohio:
       H.R. 2627.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The above mentioned legislation is based upon the following 
     Section 8 statement:
       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. FARENTHOLD:
       H.R. 2628.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment XVI
            By Mr. SHIMKUS:
       H.R. 2629.
       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 Mr. JOLLY:
       H.R. 2630.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. RUSSELL:
       H.R. 2631.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 provides Congress the 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 or Officer thereof.'' 
     This legislation provides for appropriate execution of 
     rulemaking authority by agencies throughout the federal 
     government.

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            By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 2632.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18
            By Mr. DEUTCH:
       H.R. 2633.
       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. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 2634.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. PIERLUISI:
       H.R. 2635.
       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 Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
       H.R. 2636.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       US Const. Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 1 (``The Congress shall have 
     Power To . . . [enact legislation that] provide[s] for the 
     common Defence and general Welfare of the United States[.]'') 
     (this bill would require several federal agencies, in 
     consultation with other issue area experts, to conduct a 
     study on the public and ecological health consequences of the 
     storage and transportation of petroleum coke, and promulgate 
     rules based off of the study's findings--improving public and 
     ecological health, and in turn, improving the nation's 
     ``general Welfare.'').
            By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 2637.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution:
       [The Congress shall have Power] To regulate commerce with 
     foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the 
     Indian tribes;
            By Ms. MATSUI:
       H.R. 2638.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. PETERS:
       H.R. 2639.
       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. PETERS:
       H.R. 2640.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. PITTS:
       H.R. 2641.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       The Congress shall have the Power To . . . regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     . . .
            By Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California:
       H.R. 2642.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I--Section 8--Clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States of America.
           By Mr. WILLIAMS:
       H.R. 2643.
       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 Mr. ZINKE:
       H.R. 2644.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.

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