[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14721]
[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. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 6394.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.
           By Mr. HUDSON:
       H.R. 6395.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. BUCHANAN:
       H.R. 6396.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, sec. 8
           By Mr. COLLINS of New York:
       H.R. 6397.
       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. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 6398.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the 
     Congress by Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 8 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 6399.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 6400.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.
           By Mr. SABLAN:
       H.R. 6401.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1, 3, 4, and Article 
     IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California:
       H.R. 6402.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 7

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