[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19485]
[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. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 4581.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ARTICLE 1, SECTION 8, CLAUSE 1
            By Mr. OLSON:
       H.R. 4582.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII
            By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:
       H.R. 4583.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Artical I, Section VIII
            By Mr. GARRETT:
       H.R. 4584.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 4585.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 4586.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 4587.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I; Section 8; Clause 1 of the Constitution states 
     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 . 
     . .
            By Mr. COOK:
       H.R. 4588.
       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 as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. CORREA:
       H.R. 4589.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (1) The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.
            By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 4590.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The attached language falls within Congress' enumerated 
     authority to provide for the common defence and general 
     welfare of the United States, found in Article I, Section 8, 
     clause 1, and to make rules for the government, found in 
     Article I, Section 8, clause 14 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. KINZINGER:
       H.R. 4591.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18 of the U.S. 
     Constitution
            By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 4592.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 4593.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 4594.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 4595.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico:
       H.R. 4596.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. MacARTHUR:
       H.R. 4597.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States of America
            By Ms. MENG:
       H.R. 4598.
       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. 4599.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 2 of section 3 of article IV of the Constitution.
            By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 4600.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. PAULSEN:
       H.R. 4601.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. POLIS:
       H.R. 4602.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 4603.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 08
            By Mr. WALBERG:
       H.R. 4604.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution

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