[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3620-3621]
[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. ROTHFUS:
       H.R. 4841.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following.
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mrs. KIRKPATRICK:
       H.R. 4842.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1. Section 8 (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. BARLETTA:
       H.R. 4843.
       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. 4844.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 4845.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mrs. COMSTOCK:
       H.R. 4846.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. FARENTHOLD:
       H.R. 4847.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 Clause 4
            By Mr. TOM PRICE of Georgia:
       H.R. 4848.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Consistent with the understanding and interpretation of the 
     Commerce Clause, Congress has the authority to enact this 
     legislation in accordance with Clause 3 of Section 8, Article 
     1 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. CHABOT:
       H.R. 4849.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, 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.
            By Mr. EMMER of Minnesota:
       H.R. 4850.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress is empowered to regulate interstate commerce under 
     Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
            By Mrs. WALORSKI:
       H.R. 4851.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
       To provide for the common defense, to raise and support 
     Armies, to provide and maintain a Navy, and to make rules for 
     the government and regulation of the land and naval forces.
            By Mr. GARRETT:
       H.R. 4852.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 (``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''), 
     3 (``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes''), and 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. ROSKAM:
       H.R. 4853.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (a) Article I, Section 1, to exercise the legislative 
     powers vested in Congress as granted in the Constitution; and
       (a) Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which gives Congress 
     the authority ``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. McHENRY:
       H.R. 4854.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 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 Defence and general Welfare 
     of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises 
     shall be uniform throughout the United States
            By Mr. McHENRY:
       H.R. 4855.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 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 Defence and general Welfare 
     of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises 
     shall be uniform throughout the United States;
            By Mr. GOSAR:
       H.R. 4856.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 (the Naturalization Clause), 
     which gives Congress sovereign control over immigration and 
     the vesting of citizenship in aliens. In March 1790, Congress 
     passed the first uniform rule for naturalization under the 
     new Constitution. In Chirac v Lessee of Chirac (1817), the 
     Supreme Court affirmed this power rests exclusively with 
     Congress.
           By Ms. ADAMS:
       H.R. 4857.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and 
     Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 4858.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the authority to regulate navigable waters 
     under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution (Article 1, 
     Section 8, Clause 3).
       USSCT found this in:
       Gilman v. Philadelphia, 70 U.S. 3 Wall. 713 713 (1865)
       ``The power to regulate commerce comprehends the control 
     for that purpose, and to the extent necessary, of all the 
     navigable waters of the United States which are accessible 
     from a state other than those on which they lie, and includes 
     necessarily the power to keep them open and free from any 
     obstruction to their navigation, interposed by the states or 
     otherwise. And it is for Congress to determine when its full 
     power shall be brought into activity, and as to the 
     regulations and sanctions which shall be provided.''
            By Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 4859.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the authority to regulate navigable waters 
     under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution (Article 1, 
     Section 8, Clause 3).
       USSCT found this in:
       Gilman v. Philadelphia, 70 U.S. 3 Wall. 713 713 (1865)
       ``The power to regulate commerce comprehends the control 
     for that purpose, and to the extent necessary, of all the 
     navigable waters of the United States which are accessible 
     from a state other than those on which they lie, and includes 
     necessarily the power to keep them open and free from any 
     obstruction to their navigation, interposed by the states or 
     otherwise. And it is for Congress to determine when its full 
     power shall be brought into activity, and as to the 
     regulations and sanctions which shall be provided.''
           By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 4860.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8
            By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 4861.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 2 and 4 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. DeSAULNIER:
       H.R. 4862.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
            By Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee:
       H.R. 4863.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5.
       To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign 
     Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
            By Ms. FRANKEL of Florida:
       H.R. 4864.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     Clauses 12, 14 and 18, which

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     give Congress the power to ``To raise and support Armies,'' 
     ``To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces,'' and ``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. HONDA:
       H.R. 4865.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       section 8 of article I of the Constitution
            By Mr. JOLLY:
       H.R. 4866.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 4867.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 3 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution. The 
     Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 
     of Article I of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. KIND:
       H.R. 4868.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 7, Clause 1
       ``All Bills for raising Revenue shall orginate in the House 
     of Representatives''
            By Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois:
       H.R. 4869.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 18
            By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut:
       H.R. 4870.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. TED LIEU of California:
       H.R. 4871.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico:
       H.R. 4872.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. MEEHAN:
       H.R. 4873.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
            By Mr. MEEHAN:
       H.R. 4874.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
            By Mr. MEEHAN:
       H.R. 4875.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article 1, Section 5, 
     Clause 2 and Article 1 Section 8 Clause 18.
            By Mr. MEEHAN:
       H.R. 4876.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
            By Mr. OLSON:
       H.R. 4877.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. PAULSEN:
       H.R. 4878.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18
            By Mr. PAYNE:
       H.R. 4879.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 Clause 3--Congress has the ability to 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several 
     States, and with the Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. RATCLIFFE:
       H.R. 4880.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.R. 4881.
       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 as stated in Article I, Section 8 of 
     the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. RUIZ:
       H.R. 4882.
       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. SALMON:
       H.R. 4883.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7--``No money shall be drawn 
     from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made 
     by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts 
     and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from 
     time to time.''
            By Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia:
       H.R. 4884.
       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. SMITH of Missouri:
       H.R. 4885.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause [1] and Article I, Section 9, 
     Clause [7]
           By Ms. SPEIER:
       H.R. 4886.
       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. VISCLOSKY:
       H.R. 4887.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 9 Clause 7 of the Constitution:
       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;
       To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
            By Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California:
       H.R. 4888.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the Constitution of the 
     United States
           By Mr. YODER:
       H.R. 4889.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3, The 
     Congress shal have power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, 
     Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the 
     common defence and the general Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States; To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes;

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