[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1429]
[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. BARLETTA:
       H.R. 4487.
       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) and Clause 18 (relating to the 
     power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out 
     the powers vested in Congress) and clause 17 (relating to 
     authority over the district as the seat of government), and 
     Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States).
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi:
       H.R. 4488.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. KNIGHT:
       H.R. 4489.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18:
       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 this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department of Officer thereof.
           By Mr. COHEN:
       H.R. 4490.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. CROWLEY:
       H.R. 4491.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 Section 8 of Article 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 Defence and general Welfare of the United 
     States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.
           By Mr. DUFFY:
       H.R. 4492.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 4493.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 4494.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
       H.R. 4495.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 of the Constutition.
           By Mr. SCHWEIKERT:
       H.R. 4496.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. WITTMAN:
       H.R. 4497.
       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 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.

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