[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5051-5052]
[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. KILMER:
       H.R. 1770.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution.
            By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 1771.
       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. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.R. 1772.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. CHABOT:
       H.R. 1773.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
       H.R. 1774.
       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. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 1775.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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)
            By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 1776.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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;
            By Mr. ABRAHAM:
       H.R. 1777.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18 of the 
     United States Constitution
            By Ms. CHENEY:
       H.R. 1778.
       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. COOPER:
       H.R. 1779.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Mr. CRIST:
       H.R. 1780.
       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.
            By Mr. DONOVAN:
       H.R. 1781.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8.
            By Ms. GABBARD:
       H.R. 1782.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.
            By Mr. GRAVES of Missouri:
       H.R. 1783.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constituion, which 
     grants Cognress the power to provide for the common Defense 
     and general welfare of the United States [Page H1615]
            By Mr. HUFFMAN:
       H.R. 1784.
       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. KINZINGER:
       H.R. 1785.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 18
            By Mr. LOEBSACK:
       H.R. 1786.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 6 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico:
       H.R. 1787.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. MEADOWS:
       H.R. 1788.
       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 1, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. NOLAN:
       H.R. 1789.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 6, Clause 1
            By Mr. O'ROURKE:
       H.R. 1790.
       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. REICHERT:
       H.R. 1791.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Clause I of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     United States Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United 
     States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to 
     providing for the general welfare of the United States) and 
     clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary 
     and proper for canying 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. ROHRABACHER:
       H.R. 1792.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, which gives Congress the ``power to lay and 
     collect taxes,'' as well as Amendment XVI of the United 
     States Constitution, which gives Congress the ``power to lay 
     and collect taxes on in-
     comes . . .''.
           By Mr. RYAN of Ohio:
       H.R. 1793.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8: To make all Laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into Execution for the 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United

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     States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
            By Mr. SCHRADER:
       H.R. 1794.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. Art. 1, Sec. 1; and U.S. Const. Art. 1, Sec. 6
            By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 1795.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 (The Congress shall have 
     Power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among 
     the several States and within the Indian Tribes'') and 
     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 or Officer 
     thereof'').
       Additional authority derives from Article III, Section 1, 
     (``The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested 
     in one Supreme Court, and in each inferior courts as the 
     Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The 
     Judges, both of the Supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold 
     their Officers during good Behavior, and shall at stated 
     times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which 
     shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.)
       Additional authority also derives from Article III, Section 
     2, Clause 3 of the Constitution.
            By Ms. STEFANIK:
       H.R. 1796.
       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. WITTMAN:
       H.R. 1797.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution
            By Mr. WITTMAN:
       H.R. 1798.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution
            By Mr. WITTMAN:
       H.R. 1799.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       By Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution 
     (clause 14), which grants Congress the power to make rules 
     for the government and regulation of the land and naval 
     forces and by Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 18.

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