[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4998]
[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. JOHNSON of Georgia:
       H.R. 1746.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 (Clauses 1, 3, and 18), which grants 
     Congress the power to provide for the common Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States; to regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes; and to make all Laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers.
            By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 1747.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:
       H.R. 1748.
       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. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 1749.
       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 and Article 
     I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
       Article I, section 8 of the United State Constitution, 
     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; and 
     provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia.
            By Mr. YOUNG of Iowa:
       H.R. 1750.
       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. MOONEY of West Virginia:
       H.R. 1751.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII
       The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying the execution of 
     the foregoing powers, and all powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the government of the United States, or in 
     any department or officer thereof.
            By Mr. BRAT:
       H.R. 1752.
       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 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.''
            By Mr. BRAT:
       H.R. 1753.
       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 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.''
            By Mr. LATTA:
       H.R. 1754.
       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. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 1755.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitution of the United States provides clear 
     authority for Congress to pass tax legislation. Article I of 
     the Constitution, in detailing Congressional authority, 
     provides that ``Congress shall have Power to lay and collect 
     Taxes . . .'' (Section 8, Clause 1). This legislation is 
     introduced pursuant to that grant of authority.
            By Mrs. COMSTOCK:
       H.R. 1756.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution: 
     ``The Congress shall have the 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. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 1757.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 of the Constitution and its subsequent amendments 
     and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of 
     the United States.
            By Ms. ESTY:
       H.R. 1758.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
            By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 1759.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec. 1 and 8.
            By Mr. GROTHMAN:
       H.R. 1760.
       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 Defence and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. 
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            By Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana:
       H.R. 1761.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Aticle I, Section 8.
            By Mr. KENNEDY:
       H.R. 1762.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 1763.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, Sec. 8
            By Mr. MESSER:
       H.R. 1764.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution
            By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 1765.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.R. 1766.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Consistent with the original understanding of the Commerce 
     Clause, the authority to enact this legislation is found 
     within Clause 3 of Section 8, Article 1 of the U.S. 
     Constitution. Furthermore, the treatment of Medicaid among 
     other provisions provide for the general welfare of the 
     Unites States and thereby retain authority within Clause 1 of 
     Section 8, Article of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. RUSSELL:
       H.R. 1767.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. RUSSELL:
       H.R. 1768.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. VALADAO:
       H.R. 1769.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
            By Mrs. COMSTOCK:
       H.J. Res. 92.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 10, Clause 3: ``No State shall, without 
     the Consent of Congress . . . enter into any Agreement or 
     Compact with another State . . .''

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