[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5259-5260]
[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. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.R. 1848.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. TROTT:
       H.R. 1849.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. AMASH:
       H.R. 1850.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 states: ``The Congress shall 
     have Power . . . To establish Post Offices and post Roads.''
           By Ms. BORDALLO:
       H.R. 1851.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted Congress 
     under Article IV, Section 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. CORREA:
       H.R. 1852.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (1) The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.
           By Mr. CROWLEY:
       H.R. 1853.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia:
       H.R. 1854.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. JONES:
        H.R. 1855.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 5, and Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. LYNCH:
        H.R. 1856.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. LYNCH:
        H.R. 1857.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. MARINO:
        H.R. 1858.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 ``The Congress shall have 
     Power to . . . establish Post Offices and Post Roads.''
            By Mr. MARINO:
        H.R. 1859.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. MEEKS:
        H.R. 1860.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Necessary and proper clause, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 
     18 of the Constitution
            By Mr. RENACCI:
        H.R. 1861.
        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
            By Mrs. ROBY:
        H.R. 1862.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
        H.R. 1863.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. RYAN of Ohio:
        H.R. 1864.
        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 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
            By Mrs. WAGNER:
        H.R. 1865.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment XIII of the Constitution, which states that 
     ``Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, 
     except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have 
     been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or 
     any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2. Congress 
     shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate 
     legislation.''
       Amendment XIV of the Constitution, which states that ``nor 
     shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or 
     property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person 
     within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, which 
     states ``To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among 
     the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''
            By Mr. WEBER of Texas:
        H.R. 1866.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Aticle I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shalls have 
     Power to lay and collect Taxas, Duties, Imposts and Excises, 
     to pay the Debts and provide for the common defence and 
     general Welfare of the United State; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
            By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
        H.R. 1867.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. FRANKS of Arizona:
        H.J. Res. 93.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V: ``The Congress, whenever two thirds of both 
     Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to 
     this Constitution''

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