[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 20533-20534]
[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. COLLINS of Georgia:
       H.R. 4706.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution;
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States 
     Constitution; and
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 4707.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution under the 
     General Welfare Clause.
            By Mr. McCAUL:
       H.R. 4708.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 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. GRIFFITH:
       H.R. 4709.
       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, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. BUCSHON:
       H.R. 4710.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. BARR:
       H.R. 4711.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this 
     legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and 
     among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.)
            By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 4712.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has authority to extend protection to born-alive 
     abortion survivors under the Supreme Court's Commerce Clause 
     precedents and under the Constitution's grants of powers to 
     Congress under the Equal Protection, Due Process, and 
     Enforcement Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
            By Mr. KINZINGER:
       H.R. 4713.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (Legislative Vesting 
     Clause): ``The Congress shall have the Power--To lay and 
     collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debst 
     and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the 
     United States . . .''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper 
     Clause): ``The Congress shall have the Power--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 any Department or Officer thereof.''
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 (Appropriations Clause): 
     ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in 
     Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular 
     Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all 
     public Money shall be published from time to time.''
            By Mr. GOHMERT:
       H.R. 4714.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5. To coin Money, regulate the 
     Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of 
     Weights and Measures;
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 4715.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. COSTA:
       H.R. 4716.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
           By Mr. CRAWFORD:
       H.R. 4717.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the enumerated powers listed in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. DeSANTIS:
       H.R. 4718.
       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 Defence and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;), 
     and Article I, Section 8, Clause 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 of Officer thereof).
            By Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee:
       H.R. 4719.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. EMMER:
       H.R. 4720.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses I & 18
            By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 4721.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section I of the Constitution
            By Mr. FASO:
       H.R. 4722.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7: To establish post offices 
     and post roads;
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            By Mr. GOSAR:
       H.R. 4723.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation is constitutionally appropriate pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the Commerce Clause) which 
     grants Congress the power to regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among several states and with the Indian Tribes; 
     Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 (the Treaty Clause) which 
     gives the President the Power to make Treaties; Article IV, 
     Section 3, Clause 2 (the Property Clause) which gives 
     Congress the Power to make all Rules and Regulations 
     respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the 
     United States. The Supreme Court, in Winters v. United States 
     (1901), reasoned that an Indian Tribe's water rights are 
     established when the reservation is created, regardless of 
     whether the Tribe actually uses the water on that reservation 
     at that time. The Act settles water right claims of the 
     Hualapai Tribe and is thus constitutionally permissible.
            By Mr. HOLDING:
       H.R. 4724.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. HULTGREN:
       H.R. 4725.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 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. LANGEVIN:
       H.R. 4726.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
       H.R. 4727.
       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, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
       H.R. 4728.
       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, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 4729.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Ms. McSALLY:
       H.R. 4730.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 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 Ms. PLASKETT:
       H.R. 4731.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article IV, Section 3, of the U.S. Constitution, 
     Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful 
     Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other 
     Property belonging to the United States.
            By Mr. REICHERT:
       H.R. 4732.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to 
     providing for the general welfare of the United States) and 
     clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary 
     and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress), 
     and Article IV, section 3, clause 2 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States).''
            By Mr. WELCH:
       H.R. 4733.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have 
     Power 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.

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