[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5636-5637]
[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 submittal regarding the 
specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the 
accompanying bill or joint resolution.

           By Mrs. RADEWAGEN:
       H.R. 5174.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. TAKANO:
       H.R. 5175.

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       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. TAKANO:
       H.R. 5176.
       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. CURBELO of Florida:
       H.R. 5177.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: The Commerce Clause
           By Mr. WENSTRUP:
       H.R. 5178.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. AMASH:
       H.R. 5179.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Due Process Clause (``[N]or shall any person . . . be 
     deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process 
     of law . . .'')
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (``The Congress shall have 
     Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into Execution . . . all other Powers 
     vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United 
     States or in any Department or Officer thereof.'')
           By Mr. FLORES:
       H.R. 5180.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
           By Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois:
       H.R. 5181.
       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. LONG:
       H.R. 5182.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution, which 
     states ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper 
     in the Government of the United States or in any Department 
     or Officer thereof.''
           By Mr. MOULTON:
       H.R. 5183.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. PAULSEN:
       H.R. 5184.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 5185.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. POLIQUIN:
       H.R. 5186.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 gives Congress the ``Power to lay and 
     collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises.''
           By Mr. TIBERI:
       H.R. 5187.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8
           By Mr. BISHOP of Utah:
       H.J. Res. 92.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V
           By Mr. GOHMERT:
       H.J. Res. 93.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This resolution is enacted pursuant to the powers conferred 
     by the United States Constitution upon Congress by Article V. 
     which provides that ``The Congress, whenever two thirds of 
     both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments 
     to this Constitution . . . which shall be valid to all 
     Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when 
     ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several 
     States . . .''

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