[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 1062-1063]
[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. SCALISE:
       H.R. 599.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. ROYCE of California:
       H.R. 600.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States of America
           By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 601.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I.
           By Mr. CALVERT:
       H.R. 602.
       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 1 and clause 18.
           By Mr. CALVERT:
       H.R. 603.
       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 1 and clause 18.
           By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 604.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 605.
       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. DeSAULNIER:
       H.R. 606.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 607.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3 and Clause 18.
            By Ms. GABBARD:
        H.R. 608.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania:
        H.R. 609.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The United States Constitution, Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. KING of Iowa:
        H.R. 610.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The ``Power of the Purse'' as defined in Article I, Section 
     9, Clause 7
            By Mr. LAMBORN:
        H.R. 611.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. LANGEVIN:
        H.R. 612.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. McKINLEY:
        H.R. 613.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the 
     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.''
            By Mr. MEEHAN:
        H.R. 614.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. ROSS:
        H.R. 615.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 1.
            By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
        H.R. 616.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 4 of the Constitution provides 
     that Congress shall have power ``To establish an uniform Rule 
     of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of 
     Bankruptcies throughout the United States;''
            By Mr. KING of Iowa:
        H.J. Res. 30.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the Constitution

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