[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5943-5944]
[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. KNIGHT:
       H.R. 2116.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper 
     Clause)
            By Mr. SESSIONS:
       H.R. 2117.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution (relating to Congress' power to regulate 
     commerce . . . among the several states . . .). The United 
     States Congress initially enacted ERISA under the Commerce 
     Clause in order to stabilize employee pension plans that 
     employees carry with them across state lines. This bill 
     modifies ERISA and is thus a regulation of commerce--
     specifically pension plans--among more than one state.
            By Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 2118.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. TED LIEU of California:
       H.R. 2119.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, 
     Congress has the power to collect taxes and expend funds to 
     provide for the general welfare of the United States. 
     Congress may also make laws that are necessary and proper for 
     carrying into execution their powers enumerated under Article 
     I.
            By Mr. PERRY:
       H.R. 2120.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
            By Mr. ROTHFUS:
       H.R. 2121.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, 
     ``[t]o regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes . . .''
            By Mr. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 2122.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution: The 
     Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, 
     imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the 
     common defense and general welfare of the United States but 
     all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout.
            By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 2123.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 18
       The Congress shall have Power to raise and support armies; 
     to provide and maintain a navy; to make rules for the 
     government and regulation of the land and naval forces; and 
     to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into execution the foregoing powers.
            By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 2124.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. BRAT:
       H.R. 2125.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has explicit and implicit powers to spend, to 
     raise revenue, and to borrow throughout Article I, Section 8 
     of the Constitution. Coherent management of fiscal powers 
     requires a complete assessment of the effects of proposed 
     legislation, so it is both necessary and proper for the 
     estimating agencies to inform Congress of total fiscal 
     impacts.
            By Mr. BUCHANAN:
       H.R. 2126.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8.
            By Mr. BUDD:
       H.R. 2127.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       United States Constitution Article 1, Section 8.
            By Mr. DAVIDSON:
       H.R. 2128.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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.''
            By Mr. DEUTCH:
       H.R. 2129.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. HARPER:
       H.R. 2130.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 6
            By Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana:
       H.R. 2131.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       US Const. art I, sec 8, cl 18
            By Mr. KATKO:
       H.R. 2132.
       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. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 2133.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the explicit power of Congress to regulate in commerce in and 
     among the states, as enumerate in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the United States 
     Constitution.
       Additionally, Article 1, Section 7, Clause 2 of the 
     Constitution allows for every bill passed by the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate and signed by the President to 
     be codified into law; and therefore implicitly allows 
     Congress to repeal any bill that has been passed by both 
     chambers and signed into law by the President.
            By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 2134.
       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: 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 Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 2135.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
            By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 2136.
       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;
            By Mr. MAST:
       H.R. 2137.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. McCAUL:
       H.R. 2138.
       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. MOORE:
       H.R. 2139.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. RUPPERSBERGER:
       H.R. 2140.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and 
     Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. SCHNEIDER:
       H.R. 2141.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Ms. TSONGAS:
       H.R. 2142.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
            By Mr. VARGAS:
       H.R. 2143.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the constitutional authority to enact this 
     legislation pursuant Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the 
     U.S. Constitution, which states: ``The Congress shall have 
     the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and 
     excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense 
     and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, 
     imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United 
     States.''
            By Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California:
       H.R. 2144.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, which permits Congress to 
     regulate commerce.
            By Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California:
       H.R. 2145.
       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.''

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