[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6447]
[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. 5258.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. ZINKE:
       H.R. 5259.
       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, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:
       H.R. 5260.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Mr. LEVIN:
       H.R. 5261.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. HUDSON:
       H.R. 5262.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
       The Congress shall have Power * * * To make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into executive 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 Mr. NOLAN:
       H.R. 5263.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 5264.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I.
            By Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 5265.
       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. DeSAULNIER:
       H.R. 5266.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
            By Ms. FRANKEL of Florida:
       H.R. 5267.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 5268.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia:
       H.R. 5269.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, wherin 
     Congress is provided the power ``[t]o regulate Commerce with 
     foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.''
            By Mr. RUSSELL:
       H.R. 5270.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. TURNER:
       H.R. 5271.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The 14th Amendment, Section 5; Article I, Section 8, 
     Clauses 3 and 18 of the Constitution of the United States.
            By Mr. FARR:
       H.J. Res. 94.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 Clause 4; to establish a uniform rule 
     of naturalization.

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