[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13935-13936]
[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 Mrs. HARTZLER:
       H.R. 3754.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 1 and 3 of Article 1, Section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California:
       H.R. 3755.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER:
       H.R. 3756.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, the Spending Clause:
       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. KHANNA:
       H.R. 3757.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Sixteenth Amendment provides Congress the power to 
     ``lay and collect taxes on incomes.''
       Amendment XVI
       The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on 
     incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment 
     among the several states, and without regard to any census or 
     enumeration.
           By Ms. SINEMA:
       H.R. 3758.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article. 1. Section. 8.
           By Mr. HARPER:
       H.R. 3759.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 18
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 3760.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I; Section 8; Clause 3 of the Constitution states 
     The Congress shall have Power To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. CONAWAY:
       H.R. 3761.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8

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           By Mr. DUFFY:
       H.R. 3762.
       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. FOSTER:
       H.R. 3763.
       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, Clauses 1 and 18 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. GIANFORTE:
       H.R. 3764.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 Article I, section 8 of the 
     Constitution of the United States that states ``The Congress 
     shall have Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, 
     and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. GIANFORTE:
       H.R. 3765.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. HIMES:
       H.R. 3766.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, as this legislation provides for the general 
     welfare of the United States.
           By Mr. LONG:
       H.R. 3767.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. QUIGLEY:
       H.R. 3768.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. SMITH of Washington:
       H.R. 3769.
       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''
       Article I Section 8 Clause 3--``To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and within the 
     Indian Tribes.''
           By Ms. STEFANIK:
       H.R. 3770.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution

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