[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 1763-1764]
[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. CALVERT:
        H.R. 816.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically clause 18 (relating to the power to make all 
     laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested 
     in Congress).
            By Mr. DOGGETT:
        H.R. 817.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States
            By Mr. POE of Texas:
        H.R. 818.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution 
     which states that Congress has 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 in any Department or Officer thereof.
            By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia:
        H.R. 819.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 3 of the 
     Constitution
            By Mr. McCAUL:
        H.R. 820.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
            By Ms. DeLAURO:
        H.R. 821.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and the Sixteenth Amendment
            By Mr. NEAL:
        H.R. 822.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, and the Sixteenth 
     Amendment.
            By Mr. DOGGETT:
        H.R. 823.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, Section 8 and the 16th Amendment of the 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. SMITH of Missouri:
        H.R. 824.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution provides 
     with the power to establish ``uniform rule of 
     naturalization.''
            By Mr. GOSAR:
        H.R. 825.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2. (The Property Clause.)
       The Property Clause gives Congress the power to dispose of 
     and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the 
     territory or other property belonging to the United States; 
     and states that nothing in the constitution shall be so 
     construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or 
     of any particular state. Currently, the federal government 
     possesses approximately 1.8 billion acres of land. The U.S. 
     constitution specifically addresses the relationship of the 
     federal government to land.
       The Property Clause gives Congress plenary power and full-
     authority over federal property. The U.S. Supreme Court has 
     described Congress's power to legislate under this Clause as 
     ``without limitation.'' This Act falls squarely within the 
     express constitutional power set forth in the Property 
     Clause.
            By Mr. DAVIDSON:
        H.R. 826.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8:
       The Congress shall have Power . . .
       Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases 
     whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles 
     square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the 
     Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of 
     the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all 
     Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislatue of the 
     State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, 
     Magazines, Arsenalsm dock-yards, and other needful Buildings; 
     And
       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. VARGAS:
        H.R. 827.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The 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, as enumerated 
     in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. TIBERI:
        H.R. 828.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I
            By Mr. UPTON:
        H.R. 829.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, which states that Congress 
     shall have the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign 
     nations, and among the several states . . .''
            By Mr. ENGEL:
        H.R. 830.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. BOST:
        H.R. 831.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Article Section I of the United States 
     Consititution, which provides Congress with the ability to 
     enact legislation necessary and proper to effectuate its 
     purpose in taxing and spending.
            By Mr. CAPUANO:
        H.R. 832.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Ms. FRANKEL of Florida:
        H.R. 833.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
        H.R. 834.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Mr. LAMBORN:
        H.R. 835.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
        H.R. 836.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, ``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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            By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
        H.R. 837.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       article I, section 8, clause 18
            By Mr. RUIZ:
        H.R. 838.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all 
     laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of 
     Congress.
            By Mr. RUIZ:
        H.R. 839.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all 
     laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of 
     Congress.
            By Mr. RUIZ:
        H.R. 840.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all 
     laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of 
     Congress.
            By Ms. SPEIER:
        H.R. 841.
        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 1, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. STEFANIK:
        H.R. 842.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Mr. NEWHOUSE:
        H.J. Res. 60.
        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. WOMACK:
        H.J. Res. 61.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V, U.S. Constitution

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