[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3310-3311]
[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. DeFAZIO:
        H.R. 1265.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18 of 
     the Constitution.
            By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
        H.R. 1266.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. SMITH of Missouri:
        H.R. 1267.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. SMITH of Nebraska:
        H.R. 1268.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To lay 
     and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises . . .
            By Mr. LaMALFA:
        H.R. 1269.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution grants Congress 
     the authority to regulate commerce between the states and has 
     previously been recognized as authorizing the Bureau of 
     Reclamation, which this bill addresses.
            By Mr. NADLER:
        H.R. 1270.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 3 and 18 of Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. 
     Constitution
            By Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio:
        H.R. 1271.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. RUSH:
        H.R. 1272.
        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. NEWHOUSE:
        H.R. 1273.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. NEWHOUSE:
        H.R. 1274.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. SESSIONS:
        H.R. 1275.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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 Defense and general Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States;
            By Ms. ADAMS:
        H.R. 1276.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, ``To regulate Commerce with 
     Foreign Nationals, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.''
       Article I, 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.''
            By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
        H.R. 1277.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. ESPAILLAT:
        H.R. 1278.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
            By Ms. ESTY:
        H.R. 1279.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 18 of section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
        H.R. 1280.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN:
        H.R. 1281.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. GARRETT:
        H.R. 1282.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, 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. HULTGREN:
        H.R. 1283.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8, 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.
       Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes.
            By Ms. JENKINS of Kansas:
        H.R. 1284.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8:
       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.
       Article I, Section 9:
       No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in 
     Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.
            By Mr. KILMER:
        H.R. 1285.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to providing for 
     the general welfare of the United States);
       Article I, Section 8, 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. KIND:
        H.R. 1286.

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        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI:
        H.R. 1287.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The authority to offer this bill derives from Article 1, 
     Section 8, Clause 18, of the US Constitution.
            By Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire:
        H.R. 1288.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to provide 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)
            By Ms. LEE:
        H.R. 1289.
        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 Ms. LEE:
        H.R. 1290.
        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 Ms. NORTON:
        H.R. 1291.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 1 of section 3 of article IV of the Constitution.
            By Mr. POSEY:
        H.R. 1292.
        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 nations, and 
     among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 9 of the Constitution of the 
     United States: To constitute tribunals inferior to the 
     Supreme Court;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 10 of the Constitution of the 
     United States: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies 
     committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of 
     Nations;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into Execution the forgoing Powers, and 
     all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof;
       Amendment V No person shall be . . . deprived of life, 
     liberty, or property, without due process of law.
            By Mr. ROSS:
        H.R. 1293.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. RUTHERFORD:
        H.R. 1294.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, 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. SIRES:
        H.R. 1295.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to clause 3(d) of rules XIII of the Rules of the 
     House of Representatives, the Committee finds the authority 
     for this legislation in article I, section 8 of the 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. TIBERI:
        H.R. 1296.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I
            By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN:
        H.R. 1297.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. WENSTRUP:
        H.R. 1298.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. LEWIS of Minnesota:
        H.J. Res. 84.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States--To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and 
     among the several States, and with Indian Tribes
            By Mr. GALLAGHER:
        H.J. Res. 85.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V: ``The Congress, whenever two thirds of both 
     houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to 
     this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures 
     of two thirds of several states, shall call a convention for 
     proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid 
     to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, 
     when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the 
     several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, 
     as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed 
     by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made 
     prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall 
     in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the 
     ninth section of the first article; and that no state, 
     without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage 
     in the Senate.''

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