[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12381]
[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. GOODLATTE:
       H.R. 5992.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 4 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. ASHFORD:
       H.R. 5993.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
           By Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 5994.
       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. MEADOWS:
       H.R. 5995.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. ROONEY of Florida:
       H.R. 5996.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8: ``To regulate commerce with foreign 
     nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian 
     tribes;''
           By Mr. RUSH:
       H.R. 5997.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have 
     power to . . . provide the . . . 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.''
           By Mr. SERRANO:
       H.R. 5998.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution 
     (clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18), which grants Congress the 
     power to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a 
     Navy; to make rules for the government and regulation of the 
     land and naval forces; to provide for organizing, arming and 
     disciplining the militia; and to make all laws necessary and 
     proper for carrying out the foregoing powers.
           By Mr. ZINKE:
       H.R. 5999.
       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, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.

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