[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2260-2261]
[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. WALBERG:
       H.R. 4612.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States; the power to regulate commerce among the 
     several 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.
       The purpose of the bill is to prohibit an outgoing 
     Administration from publishing regulations during a 
     moratorium period defined by Section 1, Title 3 of the U.S. 
     Code through January 20 of the following year. Congress has 
     the authority to limit regulations by the Executive branch 
     under its Commerce Clause power and it is necessary and 
     proper to introduce legislation to effectively carryout this 
     power.
            By Mr. KATKO:
       H.R. 4613.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution 
     (relating to the general welfare of the United States).
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 9 of the Constitution of the 
     United States; the power to constitute Tribunals inferior to 
     the Supreme Court.
            By Mr. OLSON:
       H.R. 4614.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution, specifically caluase 1 (relating to 
     providing 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. HUFFMAN:
       H.R. 4615.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Sixteenth Amendment: Congress shall have power to law and 
     collect taxes on incomes, from whatever shource derived, 
     without apportionmen tamong the several States, and without 
     regard to any census or enumeration.
            By Mr. NADLER:
       H.R. 4616.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 3 and 18 of Article 1 Section 8 of the US 
     Constitution
           By Ms. DelBENE:
       H.R. 4617.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
            By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia:
       H.R. 4618.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, which states that Congress shall have 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 in any department or officer thereof.
           By Mr. CUMMINGS:
       H.R. 4619.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VII, Clause III: [The Congress shall 
     have Power] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. HILL:
       H.R. 4620.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mrs. CAPPS:
       H.R. 4621.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constituion.
           By Mr. CONAWAY:
       H.R. 4622.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 4623.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec. 1 and 8.
           By Ms. HAHN:
       H.R. 4624.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: of the United 
     States Constitution, seen

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     below, this bill falls within the Constitutional Authority of 
     the United States Congress.
       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 Officer thereof.
           By Mr. HANNA:
       H.R. 4625.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Ms. JENKINS of Kansas:
       H.R. 4626.
       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. LEWIS:
       H.R. 4627.
       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 Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 4628.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I
           By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 4629.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1. Section 8. Clause 3.
           By Mr. RUSH:
       H.R. 4630.
       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 make rules for the government and 
     regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. RUSSELL:
       H.R. 4631.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. WENSTRUP:
       H.R. 4632.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER:
       H.J. Res. 82.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.

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