[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13406-13407]
[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. PALLONE:
       H.R. 6116.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:
       H.R. 6117.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. McHENRY:
       H.R. 6118.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common Defence . . . of the United States; but all 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the 
     United States.
           By Mr. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 6119.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The ``Power of the Purse'' as defined in Article I, Section 
     9, Clause 7
           By Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 6120.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Mrs. CAPPS:
       H.R. 6121.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.R. 6122.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:
       H.R. 6123.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. STIVERS:
       H.R. 6124.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article 1, Sec 8, Clause 
     3
           By Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 6125.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       General Welfare Clause, Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. POCAN:
       H.R. 6126.
       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 Mrs. LAWRENCE:
       H.R. 6127.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 6128.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 7
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 6129.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. GOODLATTE:
       H.R. 6130.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 9; article III, section 1, 
     clause 1; and article III, section 2, clause 2 of the 
     Constitution, which grant Congress authority over federal 
     courts and article I, section 8, clause 3, which gives 
     Congress the authority to regulate commerce with foreign 
     nations and among the States.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 6131.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH:
       H.R. 6132.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, section 8, clause 18 of 
     the United States Constitution which gives Congress the 
     authority 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. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 6133.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. BERA:
       H.R. 6134.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution
            By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 6135.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 6136.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution 
     relating to the power of Congress to provide for the common 
     defense and general welfare of the United States.
       Article 3, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution 
     relating to the power of Congress to regulate commerce.
            By Mr. BOUSTANY:
       H.R. 6137.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I and Amendment XVI of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Ms. BROWNLEY of California:
       H.R. 6138.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 Clause 7
            By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 6139.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, of the United States 
     Constitution, which grants Congress the power to regulate 
     commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, 
     and with the Indian tribes.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, of the United States 
     Constitution, which grants Congress the 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 any Department or Officer thereof
            By Mr. CARDENAS:
       H.R. 6140.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18
            By Mrs. DINGELL:
       H.R. 6141.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section VIII
           By Mr. DUFFY:
       H.R. 6142.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Ms. FUDGE:
       H.R. 6143.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. GRAVES of Georgia:
       H.R. 6144.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7
            By Mr. HIMES:
       H.R. 6145.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, as this legislation provides for the general 
     welfare of the United States.
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 6146.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 6147.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H.R. 6148.
       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. KENNEDY:
       H.R. 6149.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8: ``[T]o provide for [the] general 
     Welfare . . . [and] 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. KILDEE:
       H.R. 6150.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII
            By Mr. KILDEE:
       H.R. 6151.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII
            By Mr. KILDEE:
       H.R. 6152.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII
            By Mr. LOEBSACK:
       H.R. 6153.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution.
            By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 6154.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. MEADOWS:
       H.R. 6155.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 purports that, ``The 
     Congress shall have the Power to dispose of and make all 
     needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or 
     other Property belonging to the United States . . .''
            By Mr. MEADOWS:
       H.R. 6156.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 purports that, ``The 
     Congress shall have the Power to dispose of and make all 
     needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or 
     other Property belonging to the United States . . .''
            By Mr. OLSON:
       H.R. 6157.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. REED:
       H.R. 6158.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. ROYCE:
       H.R. 6159.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. 
     Constitution:
       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; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.
            By Mr. RYAN of Ohio:
       H.R. 6160.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 Ms. SPEIER:
       H.R. 6161.
       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 1, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. TIPTON:
       H.R. 6162.
       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 Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN:
       H.R. 6163.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution

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