[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15911]
[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. BRADY of Texas:
       H.R. 6439.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 1 and 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the United 
     States Constitution, and Amendment XVI of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. GOWDY:
       H.R. 6440.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill derives its authority from Congress' Article 1, 
     Section 8, Clause 9 authority to ``constitute tribunals 
     inferior to the Supreme Court.'' This authority includes the 
     rules and procedures used by inferior federal courts.
            By Ms. DUCKWORTH:
       H.R. 6441.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section I of the Constitution of the United 
     States of America: ``All legislative Powers herein granted 
     shall be vested in a Congress, of the United States, which 
     shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.''
            By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 6442.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority for this bill is pursuant to 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
       H.R. 6443.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution.
           By Ms. MENG:
       H.R. 6444.
       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. O'ROURKE:
       H.R. 6445.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress 
     has 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 this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer 
     thereof''.
            By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 6446.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII.
            By Mr. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.J. Res. 106.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States 
     Constitution

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