[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2573-2574]
[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. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 1029.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The ability to regulate interstate commerce and with 
     foreign Nations pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3. 
     In addition, the Congress has the power to provide for the 
     general Welfare of the United States under Article 1, Section 
     8, Clause 1.
            By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:
       H.R. 1030.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 and requirements outlined in the 
     National Security Act of 1947. Article I, section 8 gives 
     Congress the power ``to . . . provide for the common defense 
     and general welfare of the United States.'' The Necessary and 
     Proper Clause of that section also grants Congress the power 
     ``[t]o make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other 
     Powers vested in this Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' 
     Title I, Sec. 101 of the National Security Act of 1947, 
     requires the National Security Council to ``assess and 
     appraise the objectives, commitments, and risks of the United 
     States in relation to our actual and potential military 
     power, in the interest of national security; for the purpose 
     of making recommendations . . .''
            By Mr. RATCLIFFE:
       H.R. 1031.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. BYRNE:
       H.R. 1032.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. 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
            By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia:
       H.R. 1033.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution, which states that ``No

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     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. ELLISON:
       H.R. 1034.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 1035.
       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. O'ROURKE:
       H.R. 1036.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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 the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Office thereof.
            By Mr. LYNCH:
       H.R. 1037.
       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. GRIFFITH:
       H.R. 1038.
       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. REICHERT:
       H.R. 1039.
       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. BURGESS:
       H.R. 1040.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The attached bill falls within Congress' constitutionally 
     enumerated power to enact legislation pertaining to an income 
     tax pursuant to Article I, Section VIII, ``The Congress shall 
     have power to lay and collect Taxes.''
       Moreover, Congress was given the authority to tax income at 
     the federal level pursuant to Amendment XVI, ``The Congress 
     shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from 
     whatever source derived, without apportionment among the 
     several states, and without regard to any census or 
     enumeration.''
            By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 1041.
       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 lay and collect Taxes, Duties, 
     Imposts and Excises as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. GOSAR:
       H.R. 1042.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1--This legislation adjusts 
     the formula the federal government uses to spend money on 
     federal contracts and is authorized by the Constitution under 
     Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, which grants Congress its 
     spending power.
            By Mr. DEUTCH:
       H.R. 1043.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution 
     and Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 1044.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3 and Clause 18.
            By Mr. GIBBS:
       H.R. 1045.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution and 
     the Second Amendment, which states: A well-regulated Militia, 
     being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of 
     the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
            By Mr. GUTHRIE:
       H.R. 1046.
       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. JODY B. HICE of Georgia:
       H.R. 1047.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution that 
     states that Congress shall have Power ``To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States . . .''
            By Mr. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 1048.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress's Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations 
     under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. LANGEVIN:
       H.R. 1049.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to clause 16 of section 8 of article 1 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. LARSEN of Washington:
       H.R. 1050.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       As described in Article 1, Section 1 ``all legislative 
     powers herdin granted shall be vested in a Congress.''
            By Ms. McSALLY:
       H.R. 1051.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, ``This 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.''
            By Ms. MENG:
       H.R. 1052.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. NADLER:
       H.R. 1053.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clauses 9 and 18 of section 8 of article I and section 1 of 
     article III of the Constitution.
            By Mr. QUIGLEY:
       H.R. 1054.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. RUSH:
       H.R. 1055.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have 
     power to . . . provide for the . . . general welfare of 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 . . .''
            By Mr. SCHRADER:
       H.R. 1056.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the authority to act under Article I, Sec. 8, 
     clause 3--the Commerce Clause.
            By Mr. TIBERI:
       H.R. 1057.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. WENSTRUP:
       H.R. 1058.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. BUDD:
       H.J. Res. 72.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, granting authority to 
     regulate commerce with foreign nations, and Article 1, 
     Section 8, Clause 18, granting authority to make all laws 
     that are necessary and proper for executing the foregoing 
     powers.
            By Mr. WILLIAMS:
       H.J. Res. 73.
       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--To regulate Commerce with foreign Naitons, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes

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