[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9025]
[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. RYAN of Wisconsin:
       H.R. 2688.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general 
     Welfare of the United States.''
            By Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California:
       H.R. 2689.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution: 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 Ms. MATSUI:
       H.R. 2690.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. RUIZ:
       H.R. 2691.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mrs. BEATTY:
       H.R. 2692.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution
           By Mr. BRAT:
       H.R. 2693.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 (related to the power of 
     Congress to raise and support armies) and Article I, Section 
     8, Clause 17 (related to the power of Congress to exercise 
     exclusive legislation over needful buildings).
            By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 2694.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 2695.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. GRIFFITH:
       H.R. 2696.
       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 I, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 2697.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3
       To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian tribes.
            By Mr. HOLDING:
       H.R. 2698.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 ``The Congress shall have Power To lay 
     and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, [. . .]''
            By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 2699.
       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. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 2700.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the 
     Congress by Article I. Section 8, and Article I, Section 9 of 
     the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 2701.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress's Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations 
     under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. ROKITA:
       H.R. 2702.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution, which reads ``The Congress shall have Power to 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several 
     States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
            By Mr. RUPPERSBERGER:
       H.R. 2703.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3, the Commerce Clause.
            By Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California:
       H.R. 2704.
       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 I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. THORNBERRY:
       H.R. 2705.
       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. TITUS:
       H.R. 2706.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, Amendment XVI, of the 
     United States Constitution
            By Mr. WALKER:
       H.R. 2707.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution gives Congress the power to ``regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.'' Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the 
     United States Constitution, which gives 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 puts forth measures relating to the 
     treatment of existing commerce and the exchange of health 
     care products, services, and transactions as regulated by the 
     Affordable Care Act.
            By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:
       H.R. 2708.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 and requirements outlined in the 
     National Security Act of 1947. Article I, section 8 gives 
     Congress the power ``to . . . provide for the common defense 
     and general welfare of the United States.'' The Necessary and 
     Proper Clause of that section also grants Congress the power 
     ``[t]o 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.'' 
     Title I, Sec. 101 of the National Security Act of 1947, 
     requires the National Security Council to ``assess and 
     appraise the objectives, commitments, and risks of the United 
     States in relation to our actual and potential military 
     power, in the interest of national security; for the purpose 
     of making recommendations . . .''

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