[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4916-4917]
[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. NEWHOUSE:
       H.R. 5017.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Property Clause of Article IV, Section 3--The Congress 
     shall have the Power to dispose of and make all needful rules 
     and regulation respecting the Territory or other Property 
     belonging to the United States.
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 5018.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8--to provide for the common Defence and 
     general Welfare of the United States.
            By Mr. HILL:
       H.R. 5019.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. JEFFRIES:
       H.R. 5020.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution (``Congress shall have the power . . . To make 
     all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying 
     into Execution . . . all other Powers vested in this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof').
           By Mr. COLLINS of New York:
       H.R. 5021.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. ASHFORD:
       H.R. 5022.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution allows Congress to regulate interstate commerce.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, is the necessary and 
     proper clause, allowing Congress to enact all laws necessary 
     and proper for executing any of their enumerated powers.
            By Ms. BONAMICI:
       H.R. 5023.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. DeSAULNIER:
       H.R. 5024.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
           By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 5025.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority to enact this legislation can 
     be found in:
       Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 18)
       Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3)
       Appropriations Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 9 Cl. 7)
           By Mr. ROSS:
       H.R. 5026.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, which provides Congress the power 
     ``to . . . provide for the common defense and general welfare 
     of the United States.''
           By Mr. NEUGEBAUER:
       H.R. 5027.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: ``To 
     regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several 
     states, and with Indian tribes''
           By Mrs. LAWRENCE:
       H.R. 5028.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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; To establish Post Offices and 
     post Roads;
           By Mr. AGUILAR:
       H.R. 5029.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mrs. COMSTOCK:
       H.R. 5030.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the 
     United States provides that ``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 . . .''
           By Mr. CURBELO of Florida:
       H.R. 5031.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, The Commerce Clause
           By Mr. BRAT:
       H.R. 5032.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress purports to have power to establish the underlying 
     program as a ``necessary and proper'' (Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18) power for exercising a wide variety of spending 
     programs under the ``Power . . . to . . . provide for the . . 
     . general Welfare of the United States'' (Article I, Section 
     8, Clause 1). If Congress has such a power, it may 
     subsequently grant such exceptions as it also considers 
     ``necessary and proper.''
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH:
       H.R. 5033.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States of America
           By Mr. FORBES:
       H.R. 5034.
       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. GOSAR:
       H.R. 5035.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clause 4, of the Constitution 
     provides that Congress shall have power to ``establish an 
     uniform Rule of Naturalization.'' The Supreme Court has long 
     found that this provision of the Constitution grants Congress 
     Plenary power over immigration policy. As the Court found in 
     Galvan v. Press, 347 U.S. 522, 531 (1954) `` that the 
     formulation of policies [pertaining to the entry of aliens 
     and the right to remain here] is entrusted to Congress has 
     become about as firmly imbedded in the legislative and 
     judicial tissues of our body politic as any aspect of our 
     government.''
           By Ms. McCOLLUM:
       H.R. 5036.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 5037.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Ms. PLASKETT:
       H.R. 5038.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, grants the federal government of the United 
     States its power of taxation. While authorizing Congress to 
     levy taxes, this clause permits the levying of taxes for two 
     purposes only: to pay the debts of the United States, and to 
     provide for the common defense and general welfare of the 
     United States. Taken together, these purposes have 
     traditionally been held to imply and to constitute the 
     federal government's taxing and spending power.
           By Ms. PLASKETT:
       H.R. 5039.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, grants the federal government of the United 
     States its power of taxation. While authorizing Congress to 
     levy taxes, this clause permits the levying of taxes for two 
     purposes only: to pay the debts of the United States, and to 
     provide for the common defense and general welfare of the 
     United States. Taken together, these purposes have 
     traditionally been held to imply and to constitute the 
     federal government's taxing and spending power.
           By Mr. POLIS:
       H.R. 5040.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 5041.
       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. WALBERG:
       H.R. 5042.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the 
     United States;
       ``the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such 
     inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President 
     alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of 
     Departments.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States;
       ``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. WITTMAN:
       H.R. 5043.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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.


     

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