[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9264-9265]
[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. ROYBAL-ALLARD:
       H.R. 2709.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. BISHOP of Utah:
       H.R. 2710.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Second Amendment of the United States Constitution

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           By Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 2711.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, 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 Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 2712.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, 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 Mrs. CAPPS:
       H.R. 2713.
       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. CONYERS:
       H.R. 2714.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 2715.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
           By Mr. DeSANTIS:
       H.R. 2716.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8: 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.
           By Mr. FARR:
       H.R. 2717.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18; the Commerce clause 
     and Necessary and Proper clause, which grant Congress the 
     power to make laws that regulate commerce.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH:
       H.R. 2718.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section I of the Constitution of the United 
     States of America:
       ``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. KILMER:
       H.R. 2719.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 2720.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       14th Amendment, U.S. Constitution; Article 1, U.S. 
     Constitution
           By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 2721.
       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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 2722.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8. ``The Congress shall have Power . . . 
     to coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign 
     Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;''
           By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 2723.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 2724.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this 
     legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and 
     among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.
           By Mr. PETERS:
       H.R. 2725.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. POSEY:
       H.R. 2726.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 5
           By Mr. WILLIAMS:
       H.R. 2727.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, clauses 12

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