[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15678-15679]
[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. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 6424.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I; Section 8; Clause 1 of the Constitution states 
     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. 
     . .
       Article I; Section 8; Clause 18 of the Constitution states 
     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. CRAWFORD:
       H.R. 6425.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article VI, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution as 
     upheld by the Supreme Court in Missouri v. Holland, 252 U.S. 
     416 (1920)
            By Mr. BUCK:
       H.R. 6426.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to clause 1, section 8 of Article I of the United 
     States Constitution of the United States which states: ``The 
     Congress shall have 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 and Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.''
           By Mr. GARRETT:
       H.R. 6427.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 (``The Congress shall have 
     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

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     shall be uniform throughout the United States''), 3 (``To 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several 
     States, and with the Indian Tribes''), and 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 Ms. TITUS:
       H.R. 6428.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. BABIN:
       H.R. 6429.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H.R. 6430.
       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 Ms. KUSTER:
       H.R. 6431.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``To regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes. . .''
           By Ms. SLAUGHTER:
       H.R. 6432.
       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. TURNER:
       H.R. 6433.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, 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. . . .''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, ``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. GRAYSON:
       H.J. Res. 105.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 5 of the United States Constitution.

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