[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 4134-4135]
[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. LaMALFA:
       H.R. 1491.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution provides Congress 
     with the authority to regulate commerce with Indians in the 
     United States.
           By Mr. SESSIONS:
       H.R. 1492.
       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
           By Mr. DENHAM:
       H.R. 1493.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution: The 
     Congress shall have the 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. SMITH of Texas:
       H.R. 1494.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, known as the Commerce 
     Clause, provides Congress with the authority regulate 
     interstate and foreign commerce.
           By Mrs. LOVE:
       H.R. 1495.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Ms. BASS:
       H.R. 1496.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 7 provides Congress with the 
     power to establish post offices and post roads
           By Ms. CLARKE of New York:
       H.R. 1497.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United 
     States Constitution and it subsequent amendments, and further 
     clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 1498.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the 
     United States Constitution, Congress shall have the power to 
     enact appropriate laws protecting the civil rights of all 
     Americans.
           By Mr. COURTNEY:
       H.R. 1499.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. CROWLEY:
       H.R. 1500.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section VIII
           By Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 1501.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress as stated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 7 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 1502.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 Clause 4
           By Ms. LOFGREN:
       H.R. 1503.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 4 provides Congress with the 
     power to establish a ``uniform rule of Naturalization.''
       AND
       Article I, Section 8, clause 1 provides Congress with the 
     power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and 
     Excises'' in order to ``provide for the . . . general Welfare 
     of the United States.''
           By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 1504.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. O'ROURKE:
       H.R. 1505.
       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. O'ROURKE:
       H.R. 1506.
       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. O'ROURKE:
       H.R. 1507.
       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. O'ROURKE:
       H.R. 1508.
       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. O'ROURKE:
       H.R. 1509.
       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. ROUZER:
       H.R. 1510.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution states that ``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. CHAFFETZ:
       H.J. Res. 87.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1 and Article I, Section 8, clause 18
            By Mr. McGOVERN:
       H.J. Res. 88.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the Constitution.

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