[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15353-15354]
[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. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 3894.
       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. DelBENE:
       H.R. 3895.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 3896.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. BACON:
       H.R. 3897.
       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 make rules for the government and 
     regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. BARR:
       H.R. 3898.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (i.e. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the 
     United States)
            By Mr. HOLDING:
       H.R. 3899.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article III, Section I, which states ``The judicial Power 
     of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, 
     and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to 
     time ordain and establish.''
            By Mr. FLORES:
       H.R. 3900.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, 3--The Congress shall have 
     the power to provide for the general Welfare of the United 
     States . . . and to regulate commerce with foreign Nations, 
     and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. DeSAULNIER:
       H.R. 3901.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
            By Mr. BISHOP of Michigan:
       H.R. 3902.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 
     and Amendment XVI.

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            By Mr. BUDD:
       H.R. 3903.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, providing the power to 
     ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the 
     several states.''
            By Mrs. DINGELL:
       H.R. 3904.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I section 8
            By Mr. EMMER:
       H.R. 3905.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (the Property Clause), 
     which confers on Congress the power to make all needful Rules 
     and Regulations respecting the property belonging to the 
     United States.
            By Mr. HECK:
       H.R. 3906.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. LaMALFA:
       H.R. 3907.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States
            By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia:
       H.R. 3908.
       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. LEWIS of Georgia:
       H.R. 3909.
       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. NEAL:
       H.R. 3910.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Sections 7 & 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mrs. WAGNER:
       H.R. 3911.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mrs. WALORSKI:
       H.R. 3912.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8

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