[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5252]
[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. COHEN:
       H.R. 5073.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina:
       H.R. 5074.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: ``To reulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.''
           By Mr. LYNCH:
       H.R. 5075.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 section 8 Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. BUCHANAN:
       H.R. 5076.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8.
           By Mr. NUNES:
       H.R. 5077.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
     United States Government, including those under Title 50, are 
     carried out to support the national security interests of the 
     United States, to enable the armed forces of the United 
     States, and to support the President in executing the foreign 
     policy of the United States.
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States provides, in pertinent part, that ``Congress shall 
     have power . . . to . . . provide for the common Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States''; ``. . . to raise and 
     support armies . . .''; to ``make Rules concerning Captures 
     on Land and Water''; and ``To make all laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested in this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.''
           By Mrs. MILLER of Michigan:
       H.R. 5078.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. LaMALFA:
       H.R. 5079.
       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 grants Congress the power to regulate commerce 
     with Indian tribes.
           By Ms. CLARKE of New York:
       H.R. 5080.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation 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. REICHERT:
       H.R. 5081.
       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. TIBERI:
       H.R. 5082.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I
           By Ms. TITUS:
       H.R. 5083.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, Amendment XVI, of the 
     United States Constitution
           By Ms. TITUS:
       H.R. 5084.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, Amendment XVI, of the 
     United States Constitution
           By Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California:
       H.R. 5085.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 and Clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 5086.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 5087.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States 
     Constitution.

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