[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5469-5471]
[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. BUCSHON:
       H.R. 5122.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. PASCRELL:
       H.R. 5123.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 5124.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. DOGGETT:
       H.R. 5125.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 5126.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.)
           By Mr. GRIFFITH:
       H.R. 5127.
       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 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mrs. ROBY:
       H.R. 5128.
       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. 5129.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
           By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
       H.R. 5130.
       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 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia:
       H.R. 5131.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution. This provision permits Congress to make or 
     alter the regulations pertaining to Federal elections.
           By Mr. WALDEN:
       H.R. 5132.
       
       
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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States).
           By Mr. HARDY:
       H.R. 5133.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution
           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 5134.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
           By Mr. STEWART:
       H.R. 5135.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 Commerce Clause
           By Mr. POMPEO:
       H.R. 5136.
       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. McCARTHY:
       H.R. 5137.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3.
           By Mrs. LOVE:
       H.R. 5138.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority in which this bill rests is in 
     the power of the Congress to regulate Commerce as enumerated 
     by Article 1, section 8 of the United States Constitution as 
     applied to providing for the general welfare of the United 
     States through the administration of the Federal Drug 
     Administration and in the power of the Congress 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 as enumerated by Article 1, section 8 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. ROSKAM:
       H.R. 5139.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 ``The Congress shall have 
     the Power To . . . provide for the common Defence and general 
     Welfare of the United States.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: ``The Congress shall have 
     the Power . . . to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall have 
     the 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 of 
     Officer thereof.''
           By Mr. SMITH of Missouri:
       H.R. 5140.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, 
     Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     including, but not limited to, Clauses 1, 3, and 18
           By Mr. GOSAR:
       H.R. 5141.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 (the Naturalization Clause), 
     which gives Congress sovereign control over immigration and 
     the vesting of citizenship in aliens. In March 1790, Congress 
     passed the first uniform rule for naturalization under the 
     new Constitution. In Chirac v Lessee of Chirac (1817), the 
     Supreme Court affirmed this power rests exclusively with 
     Congress.
           By Mr. WALBERG:
       H.R. 5142.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 5143.
       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. BEATTY:
       H.R. 5144.
       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 with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of 
     the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 5145.
       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 Defence and general Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.
           By Mrs. BUSTOS:
       H.R. 5146.
       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 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 5147.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 5148.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
           By Mr. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 5149.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following: Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of 
     the United States.
           By Mr. DONOVAN:
       H.R. 5150.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 5151.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. HECK of Nevada:
       H.R. 5152.
       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 Defence and 
     general Welfare of the United States . . .
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 5153.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. JEFFRIES:
       H.R. 5154.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       US Const. Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 3 (``Congress shall have the 
     power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among 
     the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'')
           By Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia:
       H.R. 5155.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8--Commerce Clause
           By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 5156.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Artiele I
           By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 5157.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 5158.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 5159.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.
           By Mrs. MILLER of Michigan:
       H.R. 5160.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article 1 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. MULLIN:
       H.R. 5161.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. O'ROURKE:
       H.R. 5162.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States
     
     
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           By Ms. PLASKETT:
       H.R. 5163.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Artilce I, Section 8 Congress shall have the Power to lay 
     and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and excises, to pay Debts 
     and provide for common Defence and general Welfare of the 
     United States. Article IV, Section 3, The Congress shall have 
     power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and 
     Regulations respecting the Territory or Property belonging to 
     the United States.

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