[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2699-2700]
[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. CAPUANO:
       H.R. 4677.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause I; and Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of 
     the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. ROYCE:
       H.R. 4678.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 and Article IV, section 3 of the 
     Constitution of the United States
           By Mr. DENT:
       H.R. 4679.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. BISHOP of Utah:
       H.R. 4680.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3
       Article I, Section 8
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH:
       H.R. 4681.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18, Section 8, Article 1 of the Constitution of the 
     United States
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH:
       H.R. 4682.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18, Section 8, Article 1 of the Constitution of the 
     United States
           By Mr. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 4683.
       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 (Clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18), which 
     grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to 
     provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government 
     and regulation of the land and naval forces; to provide for 
     organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia; and to make 
     all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the foregoing 
     powers.
           By Mr. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 4684.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. McCARTHY:
       H.R. 4685.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution, Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
       U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. REICHERT:
       H.R. 4686.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. MULLIN:
       H.R. 4687.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clauses 1, 12, 13, and 14 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. AMODEI:
       H.R. 4688.
       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 
     belonging 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. BOUSTANY:
       H.R. 4689.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mrs. BUSTOS:
       H.R. 4690.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 4691.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 (relating to the power of Congress 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 Ms. CLARKE of New York:
       H.R. 4692.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation 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 Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 4693.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and the Sixteenth Amendment 
     of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 4694.

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       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 1, Clause 3 and Clause 18.
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 4695.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.
           By Ms. ESHOO:
       H.R. 4696.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Ms. ESTY:
       H.R. 4697.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution, 
     ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other 
     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. KATKO:
       H.R. 4698.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3--To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
       Article I, 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. KATKO:
       H.R. 4699.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution: 
     The Congress shall have the 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.
            By Mr. KING of New York:
       H.R. 4700.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 of the Constitution
            By Ms. KUSTER:
       H.R. 4701.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the 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) of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. LANCE:
       H.R. 4702.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec 8, Clause 18, of the United States 
     Constitution Which states: 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 other department or officer thereof.
            By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 4703.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. constitution. Specifically 
     Clause 3 which gives Congress the authority to Regulate 
     Commerce.
            By Mr. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 4704.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. MURPHY of Florida:
       H.R. 4705.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. PAULSEN:
       H.R. 4706.
       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. PRICE of North Carolina:
       H.R. 4707.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States, the general welfare clause.
            By Mr. REED:
       H.R. 4708.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Miss RICE of New York:
       H.R. 4709.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution: To 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several 
     States, and with the Indian Tribes
            By Mr. RUSSELL:
       H.R. 4710.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Ms. SPEIER:
       H.R. 4711.
       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 1, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. SPEIER:
       H.R. 4712.
       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 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. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 4713.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Mr. YOUNG of Indiana:
       H.R. 4714.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general 
     Welfare of the United States.''
            By Mr. LOUDERMILK:
       H.J. Res. 85.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the Constitution, which grants Congress the 
     power to propose amendments to the Constitution when two-
     thirds of both chambers shall deem it necessary.

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