[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 945-947]
[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. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 7.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constutional authority on which this bill is based is 
     Congress's power under the Spending Clause in Article 1, 
     Section 8 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. CALVERT:
       H.R. 514.
       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. ELLISON:
       H.R. 515.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I.
            By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 516.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 7, Clause 1 and Section 8, Clause 1.
            By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 517.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 3.
            By Ms. DEGETTE:
       H.R. 518.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. BUCK:
       H.R. 519.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``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 and Imposts and Excises shall be 
     uniform throughout the United States.''
            By Mr. AMODEI:
       H.R. 520.
       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 (relating to 
     providing for the general welfare of the United States) and 
     clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary 
     and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress), 
     and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States).
            By Mr. AMODEI:
       H.R. 521.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 1
            By Mr. GOODLATTE:
       H.R. 522.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the 
     Appropriations Power granted to Congress by that section;
       Article I, Section 7, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the 
     legislative powers granted to Congress by that section;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative 
     power granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested 
     in this Constitution in the Government of the United States, 
     or in any Department or Officer thereof''
            By Mr. MARCHANT:
       H.R. 523.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution Art. I Sec. 8 cl. 2, under the power ``To 
     borrow Money on the credit of the United States''; and
       Art. I Sec. 8 cl. 18, under the 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 or Officer thereof.''
            By Mr. LAMBORN:
       H.R. 524.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution 
     states that Congress has the authority to ``regulate Commerce 
     with foreign nations, and among the several states.''
            By Mr. CRAWFORD:
       H.R. 525.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress has the power to enact this legislation 
     pursuant to the enumerate powers listed in Article 1, Section 
     8 of the US

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     Constitution, to regulate Commerce with Foreign Nations.
            By Mr. KATKO:
       H.R. 526.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. BISHOP of Utah:
       H.R. 527.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 provides authority to Congress to 
     provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the 
     United States; as well as to make provisions and regulations 
     for the military forces of the United States. Since federal 
     land use restrictions implemented by the Department of 
     Interior ostensibly to protect habitat for the Greater Sage 
     Grouse also negatively impact several vital military 
     installations and training facilities in the Western United 
     States, the Congress has authority under Section 8 to act to 
     mitigate negative impacts of the federal land use 
     restrictions in order to preserve national defense readiness, 
     while at the same time, respecting the 10th Amendment 
     prerogatives of the States for the management of wildlife 
     within their state boundaries through the facilitation of 
     their respective state wildlife management plans for the 
     preservation and recovery of the Greater Sage Grouse.
            By Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 528.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the U. S. Constitution, which 
     grants Congress the 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.''
            By Ms. JENKINS of Kansas:
       H.R. 529.
       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.
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 530.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. HILL:
       H.R. 531.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. O'ROURKE:
       H.R. 532.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I 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 the Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States, or in any Department or Office thereof.
            By Mr. EMMER:
       H.R. 533.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (Clause 1, Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States 
     Constitution which reads: ``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 and Imposts and 
     Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.'')
            By Mr. EMMER:
       H.R. 534.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following: Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. 
     Constitution grants Congress the authority to regulate 
     commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, 
     and with the Indian tribes.)
            By Mr. CHABOT:
       H.R. 535.
       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. BIGGS:
       H.R. 536.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 enumerated powers.
            By Mr. BIGGS:
       H.R. 537.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 enumerated powers
            By Mr. BISHOP of Georgia:
       H.R. 538.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, 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. 539.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 540.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. COLLINS of New York:
       H.R. 541.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. COLLINS of New York:
       H.R. 542.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. COLLINS of New York:
       H.R. 543.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. COOK:
       H.R. 544.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. CRAMER:
       H.R. 545.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations in Article I, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution, specifically Clause 3.
            By Mr. CULBERSON:
       H.R. 546.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18
            By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 547.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. DENT:
       H.R. 548.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       In the power of Congress to provide for the general 
     welfare, to regulate commerce, and to make all laws which 
     shall be necessary and propert for carrying into executiion 
     Federal powers (section 8 article I of the Constitution)
            By Mr. DONOVAN:
       H.R. 549.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 550.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. Art. I Sec. 1; and
       U.S. Const. Art. I Sec. 8
            By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 551.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 552.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. JODY B. RICE of Georgia:
       H.R. 553.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2, which states:
       ``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. KILDEE:
       H.R. 554.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. KINZINGER:
       H.R. 555.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1 [Rights Gauaranteed]; . 
     . . the means employed to effect its exercise may be neither 
     arbitrary nor oppressive but must bear a real and substantial 
     relation to an end that is public, specifically, the public 
     health, safety, or morals, or some other aspect of the 
     general welfare.
            By Mr. LANCE:
       H.R. 556.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: Congress shall have the 
     power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. LATTA:
       H.R. 557.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: Congress shall have the 
     Power . . . ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.''
            By Mr. LOUDERMILK:
       H.R. 558.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: 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.
            By Mr. LOUDERMILK:
       H.R. 559.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 18
       To make all laws which shall be necessasry 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. MARINO:
       H.R. 560.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. MESSER:
       H.R. 561.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. MESSER:
       H.R. 562.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. MESSER:
       H.R. 563.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution: To 
     regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several 
     states, and with the Indian tribes.
            By Mr. POSEY:
       H.R. 564.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. ROHRABACHER:
       H.R. 565.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 4 of the United States 
     Constitution, which gives Congress the power ``To establish 
     an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the 
     subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States.''
            By Mr. ROSKAM:
       H.R. 566.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution.
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution.
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution.
           By Ms. SANCHEZ:
       H.R. 567.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, section 8, clause 18:
       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 Ms. SANCHEZ:
       H.R. 568.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, section 8, clause 18:
       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. SERRANO:
       H.R. 569.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, of the 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 goverment 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. SERRANO:
       H.R. 570.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
            By Mr. SERRANO:
       H.R. 571.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of section 5 of article I of the Constitution, 
     which states: ``Each House may determine the Rules of its 
     Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, 
     and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.''
       Additionally, Congress has the power to enact this 
     legislation under Clause 2 of section 3 of article IV of the 
     Constitution, which states that ``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.''
            By Mr. SERRANO:
       H.R. 572.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the Constitution
            By Mr. SERRANO:
       H.R. 573.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the Constitution
       Article I, Section 8, clause 4 of the Constitution
       Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution
            By Mr. SERRANO:
       H.R. 574.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the Constitution
       Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution
            By Mr. SESSIONS:
       H.R. 575.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3:
       Congress shall have the Power to regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. TIBERI:
       H.R. 576.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general 
     Welfare of the United States.''
            By Ms. TITUS:
       H.R. 577.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 18 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. WITTMAN:
       H.R. 578.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18
            By Mr. YARMUTH:
       H.R. 579.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. YARMUTH:
       H.R. 580.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. YOUNG of Iowa:
       H.R. 581.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.J. Res. 28.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. Art. V
            By Mr. LOUDERMILK:
       H.J. Res. 29.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the Constitution, which grants Congress the 
     authority, whenever two thirds of both chambers deem it 
     necessary, to propose amendments to the Constitution.

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