[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16825]
[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. SMITH of Texas:
       H.R. 6531.
       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. ELLISON:
       H.R. 6532.
       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 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution of the 
     United States, which states that Congress shall have the 
     power to ``establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization.''
            By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 6533.
       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. 6534.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia:
       H.J. Res. 107.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. MESSER:
       H.J. Res. 108.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Tenth Amendment of the Constitution: ``Powers not delegated 
     to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by 
     it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or 
     to the people.

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