[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10373-10374]
[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. SEWELL of Alabama:
       H.R. 2867.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Fifteenth Amendment, Section 2 Section 1: The right of 
     citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or 
     abridged by the U.S. or by any state on account of race, 
     color, or previous condition of servitude.
            By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 2868.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the general 
     welfare of the United States), Clause 3 (relating to the 
     power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian Tribes), and Clause 
     18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and 
     proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).
            By Mr. MARCHANT:
       H.R. 2869.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       1. regulate commerce . . . among the several states . . . 
     as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution, and
       2. provide for the general welfare of the United States as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 2870.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 10
           By Mr. BEYER:
       H.R. 2871.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 or Article I fo the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. BUCSHON:
       H.R. 2872.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article I, Section 8 of the Constittuion of 
     the United States
            By Mr. CROWLEY:
       H.R. 2873.
       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...''
           By Mr. DesJARLAIS:
       H.R. 2874.
       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

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     shall be uniform throughout the United States;
            By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 2875.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       1) Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United 
     States Constitution. This provision grants Congress the 
     authority to enact appropriate laws protecting the civil 
     rights of all Americans; and
       2) The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 
     This provision prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.
            By Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana:
       H.R. 2876.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. HUNTER:
       H.R. 2877.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII, Clause XVIII
            By Ms. JENKINS of Kansas:
       H.R. 2878.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8:
       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. KINZINGER of Illinois:
       H.R. 2879.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 providing for the general welfare of 
     the United States
           By Mr. LEWIS:
       H.R. 2880.
       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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Mr. MESSER:
       H.R. 2881.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. PAYNE:
       H.R. 2882.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 Clause 14--Congress has the ability to 
     make rules for the government and regulation of the land and 
     naval forces.
           By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 2883.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. RIBBLE:
       H.R. 2884.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section, 9, Clause 7
           By Ms. TSONGAS:
       H.R. 2885.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment XVI to the Constitution.
           By Mr. SCHIFF:
       H.J. Res. 58.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article V of the United States Constitution.

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