[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4373]
[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. WALBERG:
       H.R. 4936.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States; the power to regulate commerce among the 
     several states and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 to make 
     all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying 
     into Execution the foregoing Powers.
            By Mr. DENHAM:
       H.R. 4937.
       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. ROSKAM:
       H.R. 4938.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, which states ``The Congress shall 
     have Power To lay and collect Taxes,'' and Article I, Section 
     7, which states ``All Bills for raising Revenue shall 
     originate in the House of Representatives.''
            By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 4939.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 4940.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. CALVERT:
       H.R. 4941.
       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 IV, section 3 of the 
     United States Constitution, specifically clause 2 (empowering 
     Congress to make rules and regulations respecting property 
     belonging to the people of the United States), Article I, 
     section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically 
     clause 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of 
     the United States) and clause 18 (relating to the power to 
     make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the 
     powers vested in Congress). Furthermore, this bill amends the 
     Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331), which 
     Congress previously enacted pursuant to similar authority.
            By Mr. BARTON:
       H.R. 4942.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I
       Section 1: ALL Legislative powers herein granted shall be 
     vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall 
     consist of a Senate & House of Representatives.
           By Mr. KIND:
       H.R. 4943.
       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. NOLAN:
       H.R. 4944.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution 
     provides that Congress shall have the Power to dispose of and 
     make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the 
     Territory or other Property belonging to the United States.
           By Mr. BRIDENSTINE:
       H.R. 4945.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8: ``The Congress shall have Power to . 
     . . provide for the common Defence.''
            By Mr. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 4946.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I and the 16th Amendment 
     to the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. JOLLY:
       H.R. 4947.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
           By Mr. LEWIS:
       H.R. 4948.
       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. LEWIS:
       H.R. 4949.
       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. QUIGLEY:
       H.R. 4950.
       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 regulate commerce; as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. RUSSELL:
       H.R. 4951.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. RUSSELL:
       H.R. 4952.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 4953.
       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. DeFAZIO:
       H.J. Res. 86.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (relating to the power to 
     make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the 
     powers vested in Congress)

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