[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 193-194]
[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 Mrs. RADEWAGEN:
       H.R. 4340.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause I of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution, which provides Congress with the ability to 
     enact legislation necessary and proper to effectuate its 
     purposes in taxing and spending.
            By Mr. CHABOT:
       H.R. 4341.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this provision pursuant to Clause I of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution, 
     which provides Congress with the ability to enact legislation 
     necessary and proper to effectuate its purposes in taxing and 
     spending.
            By Mr. DELANEY:
       H.R. 4342.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 4343.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. POMPEO:
       H.R. 4344.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the U.S. 
     Constitution
            By Ms. BORDALLO:
       H.R. 4345.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8
            By Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 4346.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution under the 
     General Welfare Clause.
            By Mr. MEEKS:
       H.R. 4347.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. SCHWEIKERT:
       H.R. 4348.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 section 8 of the Constitution
            By Mr. TONKO:
       H.R. 4349.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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 defence and general welfare of the 
     United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be 
     uniform throughout the United States''

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