[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12798]
[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. HUNTER:
       H.R. 3214.
       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. LAMBORN:
       H.R. 3215.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution 
     states that Congress has the authority to ``regulate Commerce 
     with foreign nations, and among the several states.''
           By Mr. NEWHOUSE:
       H.R. 3216.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mrs. BUSTOS:
       H.R. 3217.
       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 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mrs. CAPPS:
       H.R. 3218.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution, which reads: ``The Congress shall have Power . 
     . . To establish Post Offices and post Roads''
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, which reads: ``The Congress shall have Power . 
     . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other 
     Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States or in any Department or Officer thereof''
           By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 3219.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. ROSKAM:
       H.R. 3220.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (a) Article I, Section 1, to exercise the legislative 
     powers vested in Congress as granted in the Constitution; and
       (a) Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which gives Congress 
     the authority ``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. CLARK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 3221.
       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. TOM PRICE of Georgia:
       H.R. 3222.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       the authority enumerated in Clause 3 of Section 8 of 
     Article I of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 3223.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 of the Constitution
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 3224.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. Art. I Sec. 8.
           By Mr. GRAVES of Missouri:
       H.R. 3225.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 (General Welfare) and 
     Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 (Commerce) of the 
     Constitution.
       The bill makes several changes to the way hospitals are 
     regulated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 
     (CMS). This includes transaction between hospitals, CMS, and 
     third parties, which constitutes commerce. Further, Medicare 
     is considered to be constitutional as part of providing for 
     the general welfare and therefore any changes to Medicare 
     would fall under this provision as well.
           By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 3226.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment 13 to the U.S. Constitution--Abolition of Slavery 
     ``Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a 
     punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly 
     convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place 
     subject to their jurisdiction.''
           By Mr. RUSSELL:
       H.R. 3227.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment 2: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to 
     the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep 
     and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 3228.
       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
           By Mr. ZELDIN:
       H.R. 3229.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. RYAN of Ohio:
       H.R. 3230.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 18 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.''

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