[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2544]
[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. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 4654.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. 1, Section 8
           By Mr. PALAZZO:
       H.R. 4655.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. Art. 1, 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; 
     but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States . . .''
           By Mr. HUFFMAN:
       H.R. 4656.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 7, of Section 8, Article I of the U.S. Constitution:
       ``To establish Post Offices and post Roads;''
           By Ms. KUSTER:
       H.R. 4657.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``The Congress 
     shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common 
     Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . . To 
     regulate Commerce within foreign nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes. . . .''
           By Mr. POLIQUIN:
       H.R. 4658.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution which grants 
     Congress the ``power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, 
     Imposts, and Excises . . .''
           By Ms. BORDALLO:
       H.R. 4659.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8

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