[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9915-9916]
[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. SCOTT of Virginia:
       H.R. 5574.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18 of the Constitution
       Amendment XIV, Section 5 of the Constitution
            By Mr. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 5575.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8:
       The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excise, to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.
            By Mr. CURBELO of Florida:
       H.R. 5576.
       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. GRAVES of Louisiana:
       H.R. 5577.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California:
       H.R. 5578.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 8 of the U.S. 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. COOK:
       H.R. 5579.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. GUTHRIE:
       H.R. 5580.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 3: ``Congress shall have Power 
     . . . To regulate Commerce . . . among the several States''
            By Mr. GOHMERT:
       H.R. 5581.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers conferred by 
     the United States Constitution upon Congress by Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 1 which provides that ``The Congress shall 
     have the Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and 
     Excises, to pay the Debt 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. HUELSKAMP:
       H.R. 5582.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of section 3 of article IV of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. LIPINSKI:
       H.R. 5583.
       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 
     Indian tribes.
       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 of Officer thereof
            By Mr. SABLAN:
       H.R. 5584.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8.
            By Ms. SPEIER:
       H.R. 5585.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: of the United 
     States Constitution, seen below, this bill falls within the 
     Constitutional Authority of the United States Congress.
       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 other Powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United

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     States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
            By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN:
       H.R. 5586.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8

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