[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 3006]
[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. 1205.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7, giving Congress the 
     authority to control the expenditures of the federal 
     government.
           By Mr. MESSER:
       H.R. 1206.
       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. CUELLAR:
       H.R. 1207.
       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;
           By Mr. CUELLAR:
       H.R. 1208.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7: To establish post offices 
     and post road;
           By Mr. CUELLAR:
       H.R. 1209.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7: To establish post offices 
     and post road;
           By Mr. CUELLAR:
       H.R. 1210.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7: To establish post offices 
     and post road;
           By Mr. CUELLAR:
       H.R. 1211.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7: To establish post offices 
     and post road;
           By Mr. HUNTER:
       H.R. 1212.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8: 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. RUSH:
       H.R. 1213.
       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. BYRNE:
       H.J. Res. 83.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States

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