[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3085-3086]
[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. McHENRY:
       H.R. 1219.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The 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 Mr. LYNCH:
       H.R. 1220.
       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. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 1221.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority for this bill is pursuant to 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 1222.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States.
           By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 1223.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, which gives the Congress 
     the authority to provide for the general welfare of the 
     United States. Additionally, under Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 8 which gives Congress the power to promote the 
     progress of science and useful arts by securing for limited 
     times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their 
     respective writings and discoveries.
           By Mr. ABRAHAM:
       H.R. 1224.
       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 this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department of Officer thereof.
           Mr. CONNOLLY:
       H.R. 1225.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. CROWLEY:
       H.R. 1226.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 Clause 3
           By Mr. GARRETT:
       H.R. 1227.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitution of the United States', Article 1, Section 
     8, Clause 3; and
       The Constitution of the United States', Article 1, Section 
     8, Clause 18.
           By Mr. HARPER:
       H.R. 1228.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, which grants 
     Congress the authority to make laws governing the commerce 
     among several states, including employment discrimination 
     laws.
           By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 1229.
       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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and

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     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 1230.
       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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Mr. McCAUL:
       H.R. 1231.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18 of the Constitution
           By Ms. McCOLLUM:
       H.R. 1232.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
           By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 1233.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. MEEHAN:
       H.R. 1234.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. NEAL:
       H.R. 1235.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8. ``The Congress shall have the power . 
     . . to coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign 
     Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures.''
           By Mr. QUIGLEY:
       H.R. 1236.
       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. RYAN of Ohio:
       H.R. 1237.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 18 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.''

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