[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 7460-7461]
[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 Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina:
       H.R. 5336.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18:
       To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all Powers 
     vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United 
     States or in any Department or Officer thereof.
            By Mr. O'ROURKE:
       H.R. 5337.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress 
     has 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 any Department or Officer 
     thereof'.
            By Mr. KATKO:
       H.R. 5338.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3--To regulate Commerece with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina:
       H.R. 5339.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation under 
     Article 1 Section 8, Clause 1 (``[To] provide for the common 
     Defense and general Welfare of of the United States'') and 10 
     ([t]o define and punish...offensense against the laws of 
     Nations.'')
            By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 5340.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause I, Section 8, of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. MICA:
       H.R. 5341.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 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 or Officer thereof.
            By Mr. NOLAN:
       H.R. 5342.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
            By Mrs. DINGELL:
       H.R. 5343.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 5344.
       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. YOUNG of Iowa:
       H.R. 5345.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18
            By Mr. YOUNG of Iowa:
       H.R. 5346.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.

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            By Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 5347.
       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 as stated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 5348.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII
            By Mr. KNIGHT:
       H.R. 5349.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. HONDA:
       H.R. 5350.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mrs. WALORSKI:
       H.R. 5351.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. ``To provide for 
     the common defense,'' ``to raise and support Armies,'' ``to 
     provide and maintain a Navy,'' and ``to make rules for the 
     government and regulation of the land and naval forces.''
            By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 5352.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. REED:
       H.R. 5353.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 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 or officer thereof.''
            By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 5354.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the Constitution and its subsequent amendments 
     and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of 
     the United States.
            By Mr. ASHFORD:
       H.R. 5355.
       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. BRADY of Texas:
       H.R. 5356.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7: ``The Congress shall have 
     power . . . to establish Post Offices and Post Roads.'' [Page 
     H1802]
            By Mr. CARSON of Indiana:
       H.R. 5357.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. CLYBURN:
       H.R. 5358.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. HUFFMAN:
       H.R. 5359.
       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. JORDAN:
       H.R. 5360.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill makes specific changes to existing law in a manner 
     that returns power to the States and to the people, in 
     accordance with Amendment X of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 5361.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. KENNEDY:
       H.R. 5362.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 8, Section 8--to provide for the general welfare 
     and to regulate commerce among the states.
            By Mr. LANCE:
       H.R. 5363.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 1, of the United State 
     Constitution
       This states that ``Congress shall have 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.''
            By Mr. LANGEVIN:
       H.R. 5364.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.
            By Mr. MULLIN:
       H.R. 5365.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
            By Mr. MURPHY of Florida:
       H.R. 5366.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. NORCROSS:
       H.R. 5367.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution
            By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 5368.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. RYAN of Ohio:
       H.R. 5369.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8: 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. SHERMAN:
       H.R. 5370.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, the commerce clause.
            By Ms. TSONGAS:
       H.R. 5371.
       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.

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