[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9328-9329]
[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. PRICE of North Carolina:
       H.R. 5494.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution and Article I, 
     Section 4 of the Constitution, which gives Congress the power 
     to make laws governing the time, place, and manner of Federal 
     Elections.
           By Mr. KEATING:
       H.R. 5495.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 5496.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. LIPINSKI:
       H.R. 5497.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States grants the Congress the power to enact this 
     law.
           By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 5498.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. PALMER:
       H.R. 5499.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the Constitution gives 
     Congress control of government spending.
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 5500.
       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. O'ROURKE:
       H.R. 5501.
       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. VEASEY:
       H.R. 5502.
       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. VEASEY:
       H.R. 5503.
       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. THOMPSON of California:
       H.R. 5504.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1
           By Mr. HILL:
       H.R. 5505.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Clause 8, Section 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. YOUNG of Indiana:
       H.R. 5506.
       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.''
           By Ms. MOORE:
       H.R. 5507.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sect. 8.
           By Mr. AGUILAR:
       H.R. 5508.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana:
       H.R. 5509.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The United States Constitution Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 5510.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The attached language falls within Congress' enumerated 
     authority to legislate interstate commerce, found in Article 
     I, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution. Further, 
     Article I, Section 1, of the Constitution establishes that 
     ``[a]ll legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in 
     . . . Congress. . . .'' This provision stands for the 
     proposition that Congress sets the scope of agencies' 
     authority to regulate and authorized Congress to set the 
     initial scope of the Federal Trade Commission's authority.
           By Mr. DELANEY:
       H.R. 5511.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 5512.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana:
       H.R. 5513.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the US Constitution, including the power 
     granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
           By Mr. HONDA:
       H.R. 5514.

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       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. KILMER:
       H.R. 5515.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. LOEBSACK:
       H.R. 5516.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause I of the Constitution which 
     grants Congress the power to provide for the general Welfare 
     of the United States.
           By Mrs. LUMMIS:
       H.R. 5517.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 5518.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3:
       The Congress shall have the power . . . to regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes
           By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 5519.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3:
       The Congress shall have the power . . . to regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes
           By Ms. McSALLY:
       H.R. 5520.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shal have 
     Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Impots and Excises, 
     to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and 
     general Welfare of the United States . . .
       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 . . .
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: The Congress shall have 
     Power to dispose of and make all neeful Rules and Regulations 
     respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the 
     United States
           By Mr. MESSER:
       H.R. 5521.
       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 within the Indian Tribes'') and 
     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 this Constitution in the Government of 
     the United States, or in any Department or Officer 
     thereof'').
       Additional authority derives from Article III, Section 1 
     (``The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested 
     in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the 
     Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The 
     Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold 
     their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated 
     Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which 
     shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.) 
     Additional authority also derives from Article III, Section 
     2, Clause 3 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. PEARCE:
       H.R. 5522.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. ROSKAM:
       H.R. 5523.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the U.S. 
     Constitution, providing, in relevant part, that ``[t]he 
     Congress shall have the 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. SALMON:
       H.R. 5524.
       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 Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia:
       H.R. 5525.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. WENSTRUP:
       H.R. 5526.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. WILLIAMS:
       H.R. 5527.
       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 Ms. FOXX:
       H.J. Res. 95.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States

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