[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13578-13579]
[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 Texas:
       H.R. 3711.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the United States 
     Constitution enumerating congressional authority ``[t]o 
     establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization.''
           By Mr. KILMER:
       H.R. 3712.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 3713.

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       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. KATKO:
       H.R. 3714.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. WALDEN:
       H.R. 3715.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 Ms. BROWNLEY of California:
       H.R. 3716.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. CHABOT:
       H.R. 3717.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
           By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia:
       H.R. 3718.
       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.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``To make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers . . .''
           By Ms. FOXX:
       H.R. 3719.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 grants Congress the power to 
     ``pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and 
     general Welfare of the United States.'' Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 18 grants Congress the power to ``make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers.'' As this legislation concerns oversight of 
     federal spending on programs authorized by Congress, it is an 
     appropriate use of the authority granted to Congress by the 
     above clauses of the Constitution.
           By Mr. LARSEN of Washington:
       H.R. 3720.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       As described in Article 1, Section 1, ``all legislative 
     powers herein granted shall be vested in the Congress of the 
     United States, which shall consist of a Senate and a House of 
     Representatives.''
           By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia:
       H.R. 3721.
       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. NOLAN:
       H.R. 3722.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. PALAZZO:
       H.R. 3723.
       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. PETERS:
       H.R. 3724.
       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. TIBERI:
       H.R. 3725.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1

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