[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 354]
[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. McHENRY:
       H.R. 350.
       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.''
       Because the federal government has extended Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 3 beyond its intended boundaries, it 
     follows that efforts to rein in excessive federal government 
     encroachment in this area can be justified by Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. SANFORD:
       H.R. 351.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. ROKITA:
       H.R. 352.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I (the Spending Clause) of the 
     United States Constitution states that ``The Congress shall 
     have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and 
     Excises, to pay for Debts and provide for the common defense 
     and general welfare of the United States. The bill also makes 
     specific changes to existing law in a manner that returns 
     power to the states, in accordance with Amendment X of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. LUCAS:
       H.R. 353.
       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 Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 354.
       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 1 and Article I, 
     Section 9, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:
       H.R. 355.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. SWALWELL of California:
       H.R. 356.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mrs. BUSTOS:
       H.R. 357.
       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 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. GRIFFITH:
       H.R. 358.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution as 
     well as Amendment II
           By Mr. GRIFFITH:
       H.R. 359.
       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 as well as Amendment XVI
           By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 360.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3
       To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian tribes;
       U.S. Cont. art. IV, sec. 3, cl. 2, sen. a
       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;
           By Mr. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 361.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 4
           By Ms. McSALLY:
       H.R. 362.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.
           By Mr. MESSER:
       H.R. 363.
       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 defense and 
     general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts 
     and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
           By Mr. MULLIN:
       H.R. 364.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. PAULSEN:
       H.R. 365.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1--the power to lay and 
     collect taxes
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18--necessary and proper 
     clause
           By Mr. PERRY:
       H.R. 366.
       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 of Officer thereof.
           By Mr. PALAZZO:
       H.J. Res. 21.
       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 year one thoustand eighthundred 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.
           By Mr. PERRY:
       H.J. Res. 22.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States

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