[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3956-3957]
[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. 1420.
       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. COURTNEY:
       H.R. 1421.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
            By Mr. ROSS:
       H.R. 1422.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1; and Article I, section 8, 
     clause 3
            By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
       H.R. 1423.
       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; . . .
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 1424.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. HULTGREN:
       H.R. 1425.
       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.
       Article I, 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. ROTHFUS:
       H.R. 1426.
       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 ``[t]o regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, 
     and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
            By Mr. PITTENGER:
       H.R. 1427.
       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;
       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 Officer thereof.
            By Mr. HURD:
       H.R. 1428.
       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;
            By Mr. MESSER:
       H.R. 1429.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 and Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     Constitution
            By Mr. SMITH of Texas:
       H.R. 1430.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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.
            By Mr. LUCAS:
       H.R. 1431.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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.
            By Ms. BASS:
       H.R. 1432.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, 
     providing--``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be 
     vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall 
     consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.''
            By Mr. CARBAJAL:
       H.R. 1433.
       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 (clauses 12,13, 14, 16, and 18), which 
     grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to 
     provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government 
     and regulation of the land and naval forces; to provide for 
     organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia; and to make 
     all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the foregoing 
     powers.''
            By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia:
       H.R. 1434.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 7, Clause 14 and Clause 18
            By Mr. GUTIERREZ:
       H.R. 1435.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4
            By Mr. JORDAN:
       H.R. 1436.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3 of the Constitution 
     of the United States; and Amendment X to the Constitution of 
     the United States.
            By Mr. TED LIEU of California:
       H.R. 1437.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 1438.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution
            By Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico:
       H.R. 1439.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico:
       H.R. 1440.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.

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           By Mr. TURNER:
       H.R. 1441.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.J. Res. 86.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8--``necessary and proper'' clause.

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