[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4082]
[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. JOHNSON of Georgia:
       H.R. 4899.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Mr. DUFFY:
       H.R. 4900.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, section 3, clause 2
            By Mr. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 4901.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 and Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the 
     Constitution of the United States grants the Congress the 
     power to enact this law.
            By Mr. HURD of Texas:
       H.R. 4902.
       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. ALLEN:
       H.R. 4903.
       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, Section 8, clauses 1 and 18 of the 
     Constitution
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 4904.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. BEYER:
       H.R. 4905.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. CONNOLLY:
       H.R. 4906.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII, Clause 18
            By Mr. HOLDING:
       H.R. 4907.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Atricle 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Ms. KUSTER:
       H.R. 4908.
       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 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. THORNBERRY:
       H.R. 4909.
       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 provide for the common Defence'', 
     ``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'' as enumerated in Article I, 
     section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. LANCE:
       H.R. 4910.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Sec. 8, Clause 1, of the United States 
     Constitution
       This state that ``Congress shall have 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.''
            By Mr. LANGEVIN:
       H.R. 4911.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 3 and Clause 18.
            By Mr. LEWIS:
       H.R. 4912.
       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. MULVANEY:
       H.R. 4913.
       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
     defense and general welfare of the United
     States . . . ;''
       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 14. ``To make rules for the 
     government . . . ;''
       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. NADLER:
       H.R. 4914.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 3 and 18 of Article I, Section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution
            By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 4915.
       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. POLIQUIN:
       H.R. 4916.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 ``. . . To make all Laws which shall 
     be necessary and proper for carrying into the 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. RUSSELL:
       H.R. 4917.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, specifically 
     Clause 1 and Clause 18.
            By Ms. SLAUGHTER:
       H.R. 4918.
       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. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 4919.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution
           By Mr. PASCRELL:
       H.R. 4920
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the United States Constitution.


       

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