[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 4090-4092]
[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. LYNCH:
       H.R. 1442.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
           By Mr. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 1443.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this 
     legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and 
     among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.
           By Mr. ROKITA:
       H.R. 1444.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 1445.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
       H.R. 1446.
       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 the Power to . . . regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes
           By Mr. TAYLOR:
       H.R. 1447.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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 Defence and general Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States;
       To borrow money on the credit of the United States;
       To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
       To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform 
     Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United 
     States;
       To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign 
     Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
       To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the 
     Securities and current Coin of the United States;
       To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;
       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;
       To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
       and Offenses against the Law of Nations;
       To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and 
     make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
       To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money 
     to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
       To provide and maintain a Navy;
       To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces;
       To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the 
     Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel 
     Invasions;
       To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the 
     Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be 
     employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to 
     the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and 
     the Authority of training the Militia according to the 
     discipline prescribed by Congress;
       To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, 
     over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, 
     by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of 
     Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United 
     States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places 
     purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in 
     which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, 
     Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; 
     And
       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. HIMES:
       H.R. 1448.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     clauses 11, 12, 13, 14, 18
           By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 1449.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 1450.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 3, ``to regulate Commerce with 
     Foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes;''
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 8, ``to promote the Progress 
     of Science and useful Arts, by

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     securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the 
     exclusive Rights to their respective Writings and 
     Discoveries,''
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 1451.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 7
           By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 1452.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution gives 
     Congress the broad authority to provide for the ``general 
     Welfare of the United States.''
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia:
       H.R. 1453.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 (Clauses 1 and 18), which grants 
     Congress the power to provide for the common Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States; and to make all Laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution the foregoing Powers.
           By Mr. LABRADOR:
       H.R. 1454.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . To regulate 
     commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes''
           By Ms. BONAMICI:
       H.R. 1455.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
           By Mr. ROYCE of California:
       H.R. 1456.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. 
     Constitution to regulate commerce.
           By Mr. TIPTON:
       H.R. 1457.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 1458.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. EMMER:
       H.R. 1459.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. YOUNG of Iowa:
       H.R. 1460.
       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. ARRINGTON:
       H.R. 1461.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. BIGGS:
       H.R. 1462.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 1463.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution of the 
     United States: To Establish an uniform Rule of 
     Naturalization.
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 1464.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of 
     Congress 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 this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. CASTRO of Texas:
       H.R. 1465.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:


                         THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

                ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS

                               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 or officer thereof.
           By Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 1466.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Constitution of the United States
           By Mr. COHEN:
       H.R. 1467.
       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. CURBELO of Florida:
       H.R. 1468.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4:
       The Congress shall have Power * * * To establish an uniform 
     Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of 
     Bankruptcies throughout the United States.
           By Mr. DAVIDSON:
       H.R. 1469.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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 Constituion in the Government of the 
     United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. GALLEGO:
       H.R. 1470.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. GROTHMAN:
       H.R. 1471.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. LANGEVIN:
       H.R. 1472.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Ms. LEE:
       H.R. 1473.
       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 Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 1474.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 1475.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. MOOLENAAR:
       H.R. 1476.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 which grants Congress the power to 
     regulate Commerce with the Indian Tribes.
           By Ms. MOORE:
       H.R. 1477.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mrs. MURPHY of Florida:
       H.R. 1478.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact the Gun Violence Research 
     Act of 2017 pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, the 
     Necessary and Proper Clause. The Necessary and Proper Clause 
     supports the expansion of congressional authority beyond the 
     explicit authorities that are directly discernible from the 
     text. Additionally, the Preamble to the Constitution provides 
     support of the authority to enact legislation to promote the 
     General Welfare.
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 1479.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Ms. PINGREE:
       H.R. 1480.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8: To regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes;
           By Mr. REED:
       H.R. 1481.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 and Amendment XVI of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. SIMPSON:
       H.R. 1482.
       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, specifically 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), 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).

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           By Mr. SIMPSON:
       H.R. 1483.
       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, specifically 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), 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 Ms. SINEMA:
       H.R. 1484.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Ms. STEFANIK:
       H.R. 1485.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi:
       H.R. 1486.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
           By Mrs. TORRES:
       H.R. 1487.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: of the United 
     States Constitution, seen below, this bill falls within the 
     Constitutional Authority of the United States Congress.
       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. VISCLOSKY:
       H.R. 1488.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 1489.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
       ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all 
     needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or 
     other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in 
     this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any 
     Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.''
           By Mr. HUNTER:
       H.R. 1490.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 4 of the United States 
     Constitution

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