[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2380]
[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. GOODLATTE:
       H.R. 985.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 9; Article III, Section 1, 
     Clause 1; and Article III, Section 2, Clause 2 of the 
     Constitution, which grant Congress authority over federal 
     courts.
            By Mr. ROKITA:
       H.R. 986.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 to regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. ROKITA:
       H.R. 987.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 to regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 988.
       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 of the Constitution of the United 
     States, which states:
       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 in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.''
            By Mr. COLE:
       H.R. 989.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. COLE:
       H.R. 990.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 991.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. FOSTER:
       H.R. 992.
       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, Clauses 1 and 18 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. FOSTER:
       H.R. 993.
       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, Clauses 1 and 18 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. FOSTER:
       H.R. 994.
       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, Clauses 1 and 18 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. JEFFRIES:
       H.R. 995.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. KIHUEN:
       H.R. 996.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the 
     Congress by Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 997.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. SMITH of Missouri:
       H.R. 998.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, in 
     that the legislation concerns the exercise of legislative 
     powers generally granted to Congress by that section, 
     including the exercise of those powers when delegated by 
     Congress to the Executive; Article I, Sections 8 and 9 of the 
     United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns 
     the exercise of specific legislative powers granted to 
     Congress by those sections, including the exercise of those 
     powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; Article 
     I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in 
     that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to 
     Congress by that clause ``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;'' and, Article III, 
     Sections 1 and 2 of the United States Constitution, in that 
     the legislation defines or affects judicial powers and cases 
     that are subject to legislation by Congress.
           By Mr. WALBERG:
       H.R. 999.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
       Clause 1: The Congress shall have the 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;
       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. CONYERS:
       H.R. 1000.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.J. Res. 70.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 1 and Article I, Section 18, Clause 18.
       ``All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in 
     a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a 
     Senate and House of Representatives''
       &
       ``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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