[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 1270-1271]
[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. CUMMINGS:
       H.R. 702.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power to . . 
     . provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the 
     United States
           By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 703.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 704.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3 and Clause 18.
            By Mr. FLORES:
       H.R. 705.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Clause 18
            By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 706.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 ``to regulate commerce with 
     foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the 
     Indian tribes.''
            By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 707.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 ``to regulate commerce with 
     foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the 
     Indian tribes.''
            By Mr. BUCSHON:
       H.R. 708.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. CAPUANO:
       H.R. 709.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1 (relating to the general 
     welfare of the United States); and Article I, section 8, 
     clause 3 (relating to the power to regulate interstate 
     commerce).
            By Mr. FLORES:
       H.R. 710.
       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.
            By Mr. COHEN:
       H.R. 711.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4
            By Mr. COOPER:
       H.R. 712.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Mr. COOPER:
       H.R. 713.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Mr. GRIFFITH:
       H.R. 714.
       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 I, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. GRIFFITH:
       H.R. 715.
       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 I, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. MESSER:
       H.R. 716.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, which states ``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'' and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which 
     empowers Congress to ``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. OLSON:
       H.R. 717.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
            By Mr. TIBERI:
       H.R. 718.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Supreme Court's Commerce Clause precedents and under 
     the Constitution's grants of powers to Congress under the 
     Equal Protection, Due Process, and Enforcement Clauses of the 
     Fourteenth Amendment.
            By Mr. WALKER:
       H.R. 719.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Secction 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.J. Res. 34.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 States, or in any Department or Officer thereof''
            By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.J. Res. 35.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 States, or in any Department or Officer thereof''

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