[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16348-16350]
[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. DeFAZIO:
        H.R. 6476.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 (relating to the power to 
     make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the 
     powers vested in Congress)
            By Mr. CHABOT:
        H.R. 6477.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this legislation is 
     based is found in article I, section 8, clause 9; article 
     III, section 1, clause 3; and article III, section 2, clause 
     2, of the Constitution, which grant Congress authority over 
     federal courts.
            By Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts:
        H.R. 6478.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. THORNBERRY:
        H.R. 6479.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 and Article IV, Section 3 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. NUNES:
        H.R. 6480.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
     United States Government,

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     including those under Title 50, are carried out to support 
     the national security interests of the United States, to 
     enable the armed forces of the United States, and to support 
     the President in executing the foreign policy of the United 
     States.
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States, in pertinent part, that ``Congress shall have power . 
     . . to . . . provide for the common Defense and general 
     Welfare of the United States''; ``. . . to raise and support 
     armies . . .''; to ``make Rules concerning Captures on Land 
     and Water''; and ``To make all laws which shall be necessary 
     and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers 
     and all other Powers vesting in the Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States, or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof.''
            By Ms. KAPTUR:
        H.R. 6481.
        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. SMITH of New Jersey:
        H.R. 6482.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina:
        H.R. 6483.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States, the general welfare clause.
            By Mr. RUSH:
        H.R. 6484.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have 
     power to . . . provide for the . . . general welfare of the 
     United States . . .''; and
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``To make all laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the 
     foregoing powers . . .''
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
        H.R. 6485.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I; Section 8; Clause 1
            By Mr. RUSH:
        H.R. 6486.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have 
     power to provide for the . . . general welfare of the United 
     States . . .''; and
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``To make all laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the 
     foregoing powers . . .''
            By Mr. ROYCE:
        H.R. 6487.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1 (relating to the general 
     welfare of the United States);
            By Ms. MOORE:
        H.R. 6488.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 3
            By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
        H.R. 6489.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, to 
     ``lay and collect taxes . . . and provide for the common 
     defense and general welfare of the United States.''
            By Mr. SMITH of Texas:
        H.R. 6490.
        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 this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department of Officer thereof.
            By Mr. GOSAR:
        H.R. 6491.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (the Property Clause)
       Under this clause, Congress has the power to dispose of and 
     make all needful rules and regulations respecting the 
     territory or other property belonging to the United States. 
     By virtue of this enumerated power, Congress has governing 
     authority over the lands, territories, or other property of 
     the United States--and with this authority Congress is vested 
     with the power to all owners in fee, the ability to sell, 
     lease, dispose, exchange, convey, or simply preserve land. 
     The Supreme Court has described this enumerated grant as one 
     ``without limitation'' Kleppe v New Mexico, 426 U.S. 529, 
     542-543 (1976) (``And while the furthest reaches of the power 
     granted by the Property Clause have not been definitely 
     resolved, we have repeatedly observed that the power over the 
     public land thus entrusted to Congress is without 
     limitation.'')
       Historically, the federal government transferred ownership 
     of federal property to either private ownership or the states 
     in order to pay off large Revolutionary War debts and to 
     assist with the development of infrastructure. The transfers 
     codified by this legislation are thus constitutional.
            By Mr. ELLISON:
        H.R. 6492.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 7, Clause 1 and Section 8, Clause 1.
            By Mr. VEASEY:
        H.R. 6493.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. VEASEY:
        H.R. 6494.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 
     prohibiting the payment of poll tax in elections for federal 
     officials.
            By Mr. VEASEY:
        H.R. 6495.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Ms. JUDY CHU of California:
        H.R. 6496.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. CARTER of Georgia:
        H.R. 6497.
        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.
            By Mr. CICILLINE:
        H.R. 6498.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8.
            By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois:
        H.R. 6499.
        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 I of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States
            By Mr. DELANEY:
        H.R. 6500.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The primary constitutional authority for this bill is 
     Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Ms. DeLAURO:
        H.R. 6501.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. DUCKWORTH:
        H.R. 6502.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, United States Constitution
            By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
        H.R. 6503.
        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. GABBARD:
        H.R. 6504.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. GRAYSON:
        H.R. 6505.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. GRAYSON:
        H.R. 6506.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. GRAYSON:
        H.R. 6507.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. GRIJALVA:
        H.R. 6508.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. HECK of Washington:
        H.R. 6509.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8, the 
     reported bill is authorized by Congress' power ``to make 
     Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval 
     Forces.''
            By Mr. HONDA:
        H.R. 6510.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. HUFFMAN:
        H.R. 6511.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Article 1, 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 office thereof.
            By Mr. KILMER:
        H.R. 6512.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.
            By Mr. KING of Iowa:
        H.R. 6513.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. LANCE:
        H.R. 6514.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 1, of the United States 
     Constitution
        This states that ``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.''
            By Mr. MULLIN:
        H.R. 6515.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. O'ROURKE:
        H.R. 6516.
        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. O'ROURKE:
        H.R. 6517.
        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. PITTS:
        H.R. 6518.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Article I, Section 8, Clause 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 shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States;
            By Mr. QUIGLEY:
        H.R. 6519.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Miss RICE of New York:
        H.R. 6520.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Article 1, Section 8
            By Miss RICE of New York:
        H.R. 6521.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. SCHRADER:
        H.R. 6522.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under:
        U.S. Const. art. 1, Sec. 1;
        U.S. Const. art. 1, Sec. 8, cl. 13;
        U.S. Const. art. 1, Sec. 8, cl. 14; and
        U.S. Const. art. 1, Sec. 8, cl. 18.
            By Ms. SPEIER:
        H.R. 6523.
        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. TONKO:
        H.R. 6524.
        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. 6525.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8

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