[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 15007-15008]
[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. SOTO:
       H.R. 3829.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. FARENTHOLD:
       H.R. 3830.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. TAYLOR:
       H.R. 3831.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 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 Defence 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;
       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;
       and Offenses 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. DUNN:
       H.R. 3832.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8--Congress shall create all laws it 
     deems necessary and proper.
            By Mrs. COMSTOCK:
       H.R. 3833.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (Power to lay and collect 
     taxes)
            By Mr. CROWLEY:
       H.R. 3834.
       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.
            By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 3835.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 3836.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. DEUTCH:
       H.R. 3837.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 4, Clause 1 of the US Constitution
       The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for 
     Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each 
     State by the Legislature thereof; but Congress may at any 
     time make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Place 
     of choosing Senators.
            By Mr. DUFFY:
       H.R. 3838.
       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).

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            By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
       H.R. 3839.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. POLIS:
       H.R. 3840.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. ROGERS of Alabama:
       H.R. 3841.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. RYAN of Ohio:
       H.R. 3842.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8: 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. SUOZZI:
       H.R. 3843.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress 
     has 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 any Department or Officer 
     thereof''
            By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN:
       H.R. 3844.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Sections 1 and 8

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