[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 1795-1796]
[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. GOODLATTE:
       H.R. 4532.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, of the Constitution, which 
     grants Congress the power to provide for uniform laws that 
     remove barriers to trade and facilitate commerce nationwide; 
     and Article I, Section 8, Clause 9; Article III, Section 1, 
     Clause 1; and Article III, Section 2, Clause 2 of the 
     Constitution, which grant Congress authority over federal 
     courts.
           By Mr. CUMMINGS:
       H.R. 4533.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. GIBSON:
       H.R. 4534.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress ``to provide for the common Defence'', 
     ``to raise and support Armies'', and ``to make Rules for the 
     Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces'' as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. HUFFMAN:
       H.R. 4535.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2: The Congress shall have 
     Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and 
     Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property 
     belinging to the United States; and nothing in this 
     Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims 
     of the United States, or of any particular State.
            By Mr. TIBERI:
       H.R. 4536.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       the Supreme Court's Commerce Clause precedents and under 
     the Constitution's grants of powers to Congress under the 
     Equal Protection, Due Process, and Enforcement Clauses of the 
     Fourteenth Amendment.
            By Mr. CARTER of Texas:
       H.R. 4537.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 ``provide for the common 
     Defense''
            By Ms. SINEMA:
       H.R. 4538.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18
            By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:
       H.R. 4539.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. ADERHOLT:
       H.R. 4540.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. BEYER:
       H.R. 4541.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment XVI to the Constitution of the United States: The 
     Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on 
     incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment 
     among the several States, and without regard to any census or 
     enumeration.
            By Ms. FUDGE:
       H.R. 4542.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Artile I, section 8, clause 3, the Commerce Clause.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 4543.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. PERRY:
       H.R. 4544.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.R. 4545.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: The Congress shall have 
     power to dispose of and make all needfull rules and 
     regulations respecting the terrority or other property 
     belonging to the United States; and nothing in this 
     Constitution shall be construed as to prejudice any claims of 
     the United States, or of any particular state.
            By Mr. ROSS:
       H.R. 4546.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8: 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;
            By Mr. SCHWEIKERT:
       H.R. 4547.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1. Section 8.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 4548.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, particularly Clause 18.
            By Mr. WALDEN:
       H.R. 4549.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution, ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, 
     and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
           By Mr. WEBER of Texas:
       H.R. 4550.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under the Second Amendment of the Constitution.
       ``A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security 
     of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear 
     Arms, shall not be infringed.''

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