[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16145]
[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. KILMER:
       H.R. 4077.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. HUNTER:
       H.R. 4078.
       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. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 4079.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. KEATING:
       H.R. 4080.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 4081.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Ms. DeGETTE:
       H.R. 4082.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 4083.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution and Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire:
       H.R. 4084.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, 
     Congress has the power ``to regulate commerce with foreign 
     nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian 
     tribes,'' and under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, Congress 
     has the power ``to make all laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for the 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. RUPPERSBERGER:
       H.R. 4085.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. SCHIFF:
       H.R. 4086.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act is 
     constitutionally authorized under and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Additionally, the 
     Preamble to the Constitution provides support of the 
     authority to enact legislation to promote the General 
     Welfare.
            By Mr. SMITH of Washington:
       H.R. 4087.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution:
       The Congress shall have power to regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes
            By Mr. THOMPSON of California:
       H.R. 4088.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, Sec.  1
            By Mrs. WAGNER:
       H.R. 4089.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
       Congress shall have Power* * * To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, with the 
     Indian Tribes.

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