[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15170]
[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. CARDENAS:
       H.R. 3845.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio:
       H.R. 3846.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause l of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. HUFFMAN:
       H.R. 3847.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina:
       H.R. 3848.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution and Article I, 
     Section 4 of the Constitution, which give Congress power to 
     make laws governing the time, place, and manner of Federal 
     elections.
            By Ms. SEWELL of Alabama:
       H.R. 3849.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 3850.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Ms. FOXX:
       H.R. 3851.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 grants Congress the power to
       ``To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on 
     the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;''
            By Ms. MENG:
       H.R. 3852.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 3853.
       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. PANETTA:
       H.R. 3854.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the 
     power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among 
     the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''
            By Ms. ROSEN:
       H.R. 3855.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 14 and 16 of the U.S. 
     Constitution (``To make Rules for the Government and 
     Regulation of the land and naval Forces'' and ``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)''.
            By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 3856.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution
            By Mrs. WAGNER:
       H.R. 3857.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California:
       H.R. 3858.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution and
       Article 1, Section 9, clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California:
       H.R. 3859.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution and
       Article 1, Section 9, clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution.

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