[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 19824-19825]
[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. TIPTON:
       H.R. 4642.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       section 8 of article I of the Constitution
            By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 4643.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18 of 
     the Constitution.
            By Mr. GIANFORTE:
       H.R. 4644.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. GIANFORTE:
       H.R. 4645.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. PALMER:
       H.R. 4646.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7
       The Congress shall have Power To . . . establish Post 
     Offices and post Roads . . .
            By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 4647.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority for this bill is pursuant to 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. EMMER:
       H.R. 4648.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 4649.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1--The Congress shall have 
     power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, 
     to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and 
     general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts 
     and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.

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            By Mr. AGUILAR:
       H.R. 4650.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. BIGGS:
       H.R. 4651.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 4652.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may 
     not be limited to, Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 4653.
       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. CRAMER:
       H.R. 4654.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is in 
     clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution. 
     Also, clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. DONOVAN:
       H.R. 4655.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and/or Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18.
            By Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER:
       H.R. 4656.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. KING of New York:
       H.R. 4657.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI:
       H.R. 4658.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Subsection 18: 18: 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. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 4659.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests lies 
     in Article 1, Section 7, Clause 2 of the Constitution, which 
     allows for every bill passed by the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate and signed by the President to be codified 
     into law; and therefore implicitly allows Congress to repeal 
     any bill that has been passed by both chambers and signed 
     into law by the President.
       Additionally, the Constitution grants to Congress the 
     explicit power to regulate commerce in and among the states, 
     as enumerate in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce 
     Clause.
            By Mrs. WAGNER:
       H.R. 4660.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Commerce Clause
       Section 8 of Article I to make all laws necessary and 
     proper for the carrying into execution of powers vested by 
     the Constitution in the Government of the United States
       Section 5 of the 14th Amendment

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