[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 348]
[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. CHAFFETZ:
        H.R. 4359.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
       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. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 4360.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
       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. PALMER:
       H.R. 4361.
       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 the Constitution in the Government 
     of the United States, or in any Department or Officer 
     thereof. (Also known as the ``Necessary and Proper clause)''.
            By Mr. ROKITA:
       H.R. 4362.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I [the Spending Clause] of the 
     United States Constitution states that ``The Congress shall 
     have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and 
     Excises, to pay for Debts and provide for the common Defense 
     and general Welfare of the United States.'' The bill also 
     makes specific changes to existing law in a manner that 
     returns power to the States, in accordance with Amendment X 
     of the United States Congress.
            By Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia:
       H.R. 4363.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1, Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution, which reads: ``The Congress shall have 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. TAKANO:
       H.R. 4364.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.J. Res. 80.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the United States Constitution.

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