[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 333-335]
[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. OLSON:
       H.R. 294.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. CALVERT:
       H.R. 295.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, 
     specifically Clauses 1 (relating to providing for the general 
     welfare of the United States) and 18 (relating to the power 
     to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the 
     powers vested in Congress) of such section.
       OR
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 18.
           By Mr. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 296.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 297.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. CHAFFETZ:
       H.R. 298.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1; Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 2; and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution
           By Mr. VALADAO:
       H.R. 299.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Iowa:
       H.R. 300.
       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. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 301.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I; Section 8; Clause 1 of the Constitution 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 . 
     . .
       Article I; Section 8; Clause 18 of the Constitution states 
     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. GUTHRIE:
       H.R. 302.
       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 Excises, to pay the Debts 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;
       To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
       To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
       To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform 
     Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United 
     States;
       To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign 
     Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
       To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the 
     Securities and current Coin of the United States;
       To establish Post Offices and post Roads;

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       To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by 
     securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the 
     exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
       To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
       To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the 
     high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;
       To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and 
     make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
       To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money 
     to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
       To provide and maintain a Navy;
       To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces;
       To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the 
     Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel 
     Invasions;
       To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the 
     Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be 
     employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to 
     the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and 
     the Authority of training the Militia according to the 
     discipline prescribed by Congress;
       To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, 
     over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, 
     by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of 
     Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United 
     States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places 
     purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in 
     which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, 
     Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful 
     Buildings;--And
       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. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 303.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States and Article 
     I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
       Article I, section 8 of the United State Constitution, 
     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; and 
     provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia
           By Mr. HUDSON:
       H.R. 304.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I
           By Ms. ESHOO:
       H.R. 305.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sections 4 and 8 of the Constitution
           By Ms. ESHOO:
       H.R. 306.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 and Article IV, Section 3 of the 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. DAVIDSON:
       H.R. 307.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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 the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. DAVIDSON:
       H.R. 308.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1--
       ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect taxes, 
     duties, imposts and excises . . .''
           By Mr. OLSON:
       H.R. 309.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 310.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (relating to the power to 
     make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the 
     powers vested in Congress)
           By Mr. GOHMERT:
       H.R. 311.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, 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 . . .;'' 
     and
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: ``No money shall be drawn 
     from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made 
     by Law.''
           By Ms. BONAMICI:
       H.R. 312.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 313.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 314.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 315.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, Section Eight, Clause Three ``To regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes.''
           By Mr. CAPUANO:
       H.R. 316.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ARTICLE 1, SECTION 8, CLAUSE 3
           By Mr. CAPUANO:
       H.R. 317.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ARTICLE 1, SECTION 8, CLAUSE 3
           By Mr. CAPUANO:
       H.R. 318.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ARTICLE 1, SECTION 8, CLAUSE 3
           By Mr. CAPUANO:
       H.R. 319.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ARTICLE 1, SECTION 4, CLAUSE 1
           By Mr. CAPUANO:
       H.R. 320.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ARTICLE 1, SECTION 8, CLAUSE 17
           By Mrs. COMSTOCK:
       H.R. 321.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. DeSANTIS:
       H.R. 322.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 6, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution: 
     The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation 
     for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of 
     the Treasury of the United States.
           By Mr. GRIFFITH:
       H.R. 323.
       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. KENNEDY:
       H.R. 324.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 8, Section--to provide for the general welfare and 
     to regulate commerce among the states.
           By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 325.
       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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 326.
       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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 327.
       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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 328.
       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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 329.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 330.
       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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 331.
       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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 332.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, which says that: ``The Congress shall 
     have the power . . . to establish post offices . . . and 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. BISHOP of Georgia:
       H.R. 333.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, Sect. 8, Clause 1: to provide for the common 
     defense and general welfare.
       Art. I, Sect. 8, Clause 12: to raise and support Armies.
       Art. I, Sect. 8, Clause 14: To make Rules for the 
     Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.
       Art. I, Sect. 8, Clause 16: To provide for organizing, 
     arming, and discipling, the Militia, and for governing such 
     Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United 
     States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment 
     of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia 
     according to the discipline prescribed by Congress.
       Art. I, Sect. 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 Statesm or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof
           By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 334.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, which says that: ``The Congress shall 
     have the power . . . to declare war, grant letters of marque 
     and repirsal, and make rules concerning captures on land and 
     water . . . and 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. LEWIS of Georgia:
       H.R. 335.
       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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Mr. MEADOWS:
       H.R. 336.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mrs. NOEM:
       H.R. 337.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2, relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all neeful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States.
            By Mr. RUSH:
       H.R. 338.
       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, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. SABLAN:
       H.R. 339.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives, the following statement ins submitted 
     regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the 
     Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint 
     resolution.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following: Under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1, 3 
     and 4 and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution 
     of the United States.
            By Mr. SERRANO:
       H.R. 340.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution
            By Mr. SERRANO:
       H.R. 341.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution
            By Ms. SINEMA:
       H.R. 342.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article. I. Section. 6.
            By Mr. SIRES:
       H.R. 343.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
     House of Representatives, the Committee finds the authority 
     for this legislation in article I, sectoin 8 of the 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. STEFANIK:
       H.R. 344.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. TROTT:
       H.R. 345.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. TROTT:
       H.R. 346.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN:
       H.R. 347.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 348.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 & Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3
       ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all 
     needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or 
     other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in 
     this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any 
     Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.''
       ``The Congress shall have the power to regulate commerce 
     with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with 
     the Indian tribes''
            By Mr. LIPINSKI:
       H.R. 349.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution provides 
     that Congress shall have power to ``establish an uniform Rule 
     of Naturalization.'' The Supreme Court has long found that 
     this provision of the Constitution grants Congress plenary 
     power over immigration policy. As the Court found in Galvan 
     v. Press, 347 U.S. 522, 531 (1954), ``that the formulation of 
     policies [pertaining to the entry of aliens and their right 
     to remain here] is entrusted exclusively to Congress has 
     become about as firmly imbedded in the legislative and 
     judicial tissues of our body politic as any aspect of our 
     government.'' And, as the Court found in Kleindienst v. 
     Mandel, 408 U.S. 753, 766 (1972) (quoting Boutilier v. INS, 
     387 U.S. 118, 123 (1967)), ``[t]he Court without exception 
     has sustained Congress' `plenary power to make rules for the 
     admission of aliens and to exclude those who possess those 
     characteristics which Congress has forbidden.'''
            By Mr. COHEN:
       H.J. Res. 19.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V
            By Mr. DUFFY:
       H.J. Res. 20.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V:
       ``The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall 
     deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this 
     Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of 
     two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for 
     proposing Amendments, which in either Case, shall be valid to 
     all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this, Constitution, when 
     ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several 
     States or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one 
     or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the 
     Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior 
     to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any 
     Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth 
     Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its 
     Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the 
     Senate.''

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