[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1513]
[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. CHABOT:
       H.R. 4498.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia:
       H.R. 4499.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution: 
     The Congress shall have Power To . . . make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying in 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. HULTGREN:
       H.R. 4500.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Sec 8, Clause 3
       Article 1, Sec 8, Clause 18
       This legislation proposes a necessary and proper reporting 
     requirement for the FDIC to regulate such entities under the 
     Federal Deposit Insurance Act
           By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 4501.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 4502.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 4503.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 3
           By Mr. BURGESS:
           H.R. 4504.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation would repeal existing federal law, which 
     was passed under the claimed constitutional authority of 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, often referred to as the 
     ``Commerce Clause.''
           By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 4505.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 4506.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. LOWENTHAL:
       H.R. 4507.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2--``The Property Clause''
       Article 1, Section 8 Clause 18--``The Necessary and Proper 
     Clause''
            By Mr. NORCROSS:
       H.R. 4508.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. PAYNE:
       H.R. 4509.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.
            By Mr. POLIS:
       H.R. 4510.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically clause 1 relating to the power of Congress to 
     provide for the general welfare of the United States) and 
     clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary 
     and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress), 
     and Article IV, section 3, clause 2 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States).
            By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 4511.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. SMITH of Washington:
       H.R. 4512.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, 2, 14, 18
            By Mr. ZELDIN:
       H.R. 4513.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

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