[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 3013]
[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. BARLETTA:
       H.R. 1214.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the common 
     defense and 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 I, Section 10, Clause 3 (relating to interstate 
     compacts).
            By Mr. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 1215.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the Constitution (the 
     Spending Clause); Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, of the 
     Constitution, which grants Congress the power to provide for 
     uniform laws that remove barriers to trade and facilitate 
     commerce nationwide; and 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. MESSER:
       H.R. 1216.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 1217.
       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. WALBERG:
       H.R. 1218.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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;

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