[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6700-6701]
[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. KENNEDY:
       H.R. 5272.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. TIBERI:
       H.R. 5273.
       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 make rules for the government and 
     regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. GARAMENDI:
       H.R. 5274.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. MESSER:
       H.R. 5275.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution: ``The 
     powers not delegated to the United States by the 
     Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are 
     reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.''
           By Mr. BARR:
       H.R. 5276.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, clause 7, which states that, ``No 
     money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of 
     appropriations made by the law.''
           By Ms. PINGREE:
       H.R. 5277.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of the US Constitution
           By Mr. DUFFY:
       H.R. 5278.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 5279.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14
       To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces.
           By Ms. GRAHAM:
       H.R. 5280.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the Constitution
           By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 5281.
       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 18: 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 this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States, or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof.

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