[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3506-3507]
[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. POMPEO:
        H.R. 4815.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the U.S. 
     Constitution
            By Mr. PALAZZO:
        H.R. 4816.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18:
       ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To make 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 Ms. SEWELL of Alabama:
        H.R. 4817.
        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 Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina:
        H.R. 4818.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Because this legislation adjusts how a state may spend 
     federally appropriated funds, it is authorized by the 
     Constitution under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, which 
     grants Congress its spending power.
            By Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee:
        H.R. 4819.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, Clause 
     1: 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; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.
       Under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, Clause 
     18: The Congress shall have Power * * * To make all Laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested 
     by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, 
     or in any Department or Officer thereof.
            By Mr. FLEISCHMANN:
        H.R. 4820.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 Ms. NORTON:
        H.R. 4821.

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        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. NUNES:
        H.R. 4822.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States.
            By Mr. TROTT:
        H.R. 4823.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. YOUNG of Indiana:
        H.R. 4824.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, 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.
       Second Amendment to the United State 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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