[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5314-5315]
[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 Ms. SPEIER:
       H.R. 5088.
       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 1, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. BOUSTANY:
       H.R. 5089.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 5090.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18 of 
     the Constitution.
           By Mr. DENHAM:
       H.R. 5091.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the conunon 
     defense and 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).
           By Mr. HARPER:
       H.R. 5092.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 5093.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 3:
       ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes''
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 5094.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution.
           By Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 5095.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States 
     Constitution
       By Ms. ESTY:
       H.R. 5096.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of section 8 of article 1 of the U.S. 
     Constitution, ``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 the Constitution in the Government of the United 
     States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
           By Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana:
       H.R. 5097.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, CLuase 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 thereof).
            By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 5098.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 (which states that ``The 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; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States'') 
     and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 (which states that the 
     Congress shall have the Power ``To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian tribes') of the Constitution of the United States.
            By Mr. ASHFORD:
       H.R. 5099.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. CARDENAS:
       H.R. 5100.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Title I Section 8. The Congress shall have Power To lay and 
     collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts 
     and provide for he common Defence and general Welfare of the 
     United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be 
     uniform in the Untied States;
            By Mr. CULBERSON:
       H.R. 5101.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18
            By Mr. CULBERSON:
       H.R. 5102.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18
            By Mr. CULBERSON:
       H.R. 5103.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18
            By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 5104.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The ``necessary and proper'' clause of Article I Section 8.
            By Mr. DELANEY:
       H.R. 5105.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Ms. DUCKWORTH:
       H.R. 5106.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, of the Constitution of the 
     United States
            By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 5107.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.

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            By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 5108.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. GUTHRIE:
       H.R. 5109.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have 
     Power . . . To regulate Commerce . . . among the several 
     States.
            By Mr. KILDEE:
       H.R. 5110.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. LANCE:
       H.R. 5111.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Sec. 8, Clause 1, of the United States 
     Constitution
       This states that ``Congress shall have the power . . . 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. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 5112.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the explicit power of Congress to regulate commerce in and 
     among the states, as enumerate in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the United States 
     Constitution.
       Additionally, Article 1, Section 7, Clause 2 of the 
     Constitution allows for every bill passed by the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate and signed by the President to 
     be codified into law; and therefore implicitly allows 
     Congress to repeal any bill that has been passed by both 
     chambers and signed into law by the President.
            By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 5113.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 3
           By Ms. McSALLY:
       H.R. 5114.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3--To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several states, and with the 
     Indian tribes;
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 3--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. MULLIN:
       H.R. 5115.
       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. OLSON:
       H.R. 5116.
       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, ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, 
     and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
            By Mr. PAULSEN:
       H.R. 5117.
       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. POMPEO:
       H.R. 5118.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative 
     power granted to Congress by that clause ``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. POMPEO:
       H.R. 5119.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 9 Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 5120.
       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. TAKANO:
       H.R. 5121.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.

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