[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1321]
[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. SHUSTER:
       H.R. 4441.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 3 and Clause 18.
            By Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 4442.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       United States Constitution Article I Section 8
            By Mr. JOLLY:
       H.R. 4443.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina:
       H.R. 4444.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Commerce Clause--Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: ``To 
     regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among the several 
     states, and with the Indian tribes;''
            By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 4445.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
            By Mr. STEWART:
       H.R. 4446.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. COURTNEY:
       H.R. 4447.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I
            By Mr. DeSANTIS:
       H.R. 4448.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. KATKO:
       H.R. 4449.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 4450.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Ms. McSALLY:
       H.R. 4451.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1--The Congress shall have 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;
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 12--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 Mr. MEADOWS:
       H.R. 4452.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the follwing:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
           By Ms. MOORE:
       H.R. 4453.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. PINGREE:
       H.R. 4454.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section I, Article 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 Mrs. RADEWAGEN:
       H.R. 4455.
       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, and with the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky:
       H.R. 4456.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (General Welfare) and 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause)
           By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 4457.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 9--``The Congress shall have 
     the power to constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme 
     Court;''
           By Mr. SANFORD:
       H.R. 4458.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mrs. WAGNER:
       H.R. 4459.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress shall have Power * * * To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.

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