[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8747-8748]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

  Pursuant to clause 7 of rule MI 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 Mr. NEUGEBAUER:
       H.R. 5465.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: ``To 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, among the several 
     States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
           By Mr. KNIGHT:
       H.R. 5466.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. SCHIFF:
       H.R. 5467.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act is 
     constitutionally authorized under and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Additionally, the 
     Preamble to the Constitution provides support of the 
     authority to enact legislation to promote the General 
     Welfare.
           By Mr. BISHOP of Utah:
       H.R. 5468.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. PEARCE:
       H.R. 5469.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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. JACKSON LEE:
       H.R. 5470.
       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 I, Section 8, Clauses 1, 3, and 18 of 
     the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. McCAUL:
       H.R. 5471.
       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 an 
     Department or Officer thereof.''
           By Mr. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 5472.
       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. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 5473.
       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. JOHNSON of Georgia:
       H.R. 5474.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 3: Congress shall have the 
     power to regulate commerce with foreign nations; Article I, 
     section 8, clause 18: Congress shall have the power to make 
     all laws which shall be ncessary and proper for carrying into 
     execution the foregoing powers.
           By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
       H.R. 5475.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill seeks to improve the health outcomes in, acess to 
     healht care to, and accountability of health care providers 
     for, underserved and minority communites. The power of 
     Congress to enact such a measure rests in the General Welfare 
     and Necessary and Proper clauses of Article I, as promoting 
     health equity and accountability in minority communities 
     promotes the well-being of minoirty Americans. U.S. Cont., 
     art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 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[.]''); U.S. Cost., art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 
     18 (``The Congress shall have the Power . . . To make all 
     Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution the foregoing Powers[.]'').
           By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut:
       H.R. 5476.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       H.R.Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. LEWIS:
       H.R. 5477.
       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 I of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico:
       H.R. 5478.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
       Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Ms. McCOLLUM:
       H.R. 5479.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
           By Mr. RYAN of Ohio:
       H.R. 5480.
       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. SALMON:
       H.R. 5481.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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.
           By Mr. TURNER:
       H.R. 5482.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, to ``. . . provide for the common Defence and 
     general Welfare of the United States. . . .''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the Commerce Clause) of the 
     United States Constitution, to ``To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, ``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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