[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12184-12185]
[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. SHUSTER:
       H.R. 5977.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 7 (related

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     to establishment of Post Offices and Post Roads).
           By Mr. HUNTER:
       H.R. 5978.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 3 (to regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with Indian 
     Tribes) and Clause 14 (to make Rules for the Government and 
     Regulation of the land and naval Forces).
           By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 5979.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Ms. MENG:
       H.R. 5980.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
       H.R. 5981.
       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. ISSA:
       H.R. 5982.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise 
     of legislative powers generally granted to Congress by that 
     section, including the exercise of those powers when 
     delegated by Congress to the Executive; Article I, Section 8, 
     Clauses 1 to 17, of the United States Constitution, in that 
     the legislation concerns the exercise of specific legislative 
     powers granted to Congress by those sections, including the 
     exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the 
     Executive; Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises 
     legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``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;'' 
     and, Article I, Section 5, Clause 2, of the United States 
     Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the powers of 
     each House of Congress to determine the rules of its 
     proceedings.
           By Mr. HENSARLING:
       H.R. 5983.
       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'');
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 (``To coin Money, regulate 
     the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard 
     of Weights and Measures'');
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 6 (``To provide for the 
     Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin 
     of the United States''); and
       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. CALVERT:
       H.R. 5984.
       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, specifically clause 18 (relating to the 
     power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out 
     the powers vested in Congress).
           By Mr. MILLER of Florida:
       H.R. 5985.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. CURBELO of Florida:
       H.R. 5986.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce Clause
           By Mr. MEADOWS:
       H.R. 5987.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
           By Mr. COURTNEY:
       H.R. 5988.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
           By Mr. KILMER:
       H.R. 5989.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico:
       H.R. 5990.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5
           By Mrs. WAGNER:
       H.R. 5991.
       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.

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