[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8462-8463]
[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.


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            By Ms. STEFANIK:
       H.R. 5415.
       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. LAMBORN:
       H.R. 5416.
       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. REICHERT:
       H.R. 5417.
       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 Mr. DUFFY:
       H.R. 5418.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian tribes
            By Mr. GUINTA:
       H.R. 5419.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 5420.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. ROYCE:
       H.R. 5421.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. 
     Constitution to regulate commerce.
            By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 5422.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 5423.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 2: The 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; but all duties, imposts 
     and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate commerce with 
     foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the 
     Indian tribes;
            By Mr. HURT of Virginia:
       H.R. 5424.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. CAPUANO:
       H.R. 5425.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 1; and Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of 
     the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 5426.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. DOLD:
       H.R. 5427.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 1.
            By Mr. FORBES:
       H.R. 5428.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18
            By Mr. GARRETT:
       H.R. 5429.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 (``The 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; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''), 
     3 (``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes''), and 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. GOHMERT:
       H.R. 5430.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, providing Congress the 
     authority to regulate Commerce with Foreign Nations, and 
     among the Several States, and with Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 5431.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. JOYCE:
       H.R. 5432.
       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 Execution the 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Office thereof
       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. KIRKPATRICK:
       H.R. 5433.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 (18) To make all Laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into Executive the 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vest by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
            By Mrs. LOVE:
       H.R. 5434.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 5435.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 Article 1 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 5436.
       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 lay and collect duties and to 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8.
            By Mrs. NOEM:
       H.R. 5437.
       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. PERLMUTTER:
       H.R. 5438.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina:
       H.R. 5439.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. RICE of South Carolina:
       H.R. 5440.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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 defense and 
     general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts 
     and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
            By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 5441.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7--``No money shall be drawn 
     from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made 
     by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts 
     and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from 
     time to time.''
            By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 5442.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 7
            By Ms. SPEIER:
       H.R. 5443.
       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 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. VEASEY:
       H.R. 5444.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 5, Fourteenth Amendment

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