[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1131]
[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. EMMER of Minnesota:
       H.R. 4425.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7: ``The Congress 
     shall have Power . . . To establish Post Offices and post 
     roads''
            By Mr. MEADOWS:
       H.R. 4426.
       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. POMPEO:
       H.R. 4427.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 4428.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       United States Constitution Article I Section 8
            By Mr. KNIGHT:
       H.R. 4429.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Ms. TITUS:
       H.R. 4430.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment XIII
       Section 1, ``Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, 
     except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have 
     been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or 
     any place subject to their jurisdiction.''
       Section 2, ``Congress shall have power to enforce this 
     article by appropriate legislation.''
            By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 4431.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 4432.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution 
     (the ``Commerce Clause'')
            By Ms. DUCKWORTH:
       H.R. 4433.
       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. GIBSON:
       H.R. 4434.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 4435.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. HASTINGS:
       H.R. 4436.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 4437.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mrs. MILLER of Michigan:
       H.R. 4438.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 9, clause 7 and Article I, section 8 of 
     the Constitution of the United States.
            By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 4439.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. POMPEO:
       H.R. 4440.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1

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