[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6092-6094]
[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. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 2183.

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       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 to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, 
     Imposts and Excises as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. McCAUL:
       H.R. 2184.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. PITTENGER:
       H.R. 2185.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
            By Mr. BROOKS of Alabama:
       H.R. 2186.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power and authority to enact this 
     legislation according to Article 1 of the Constitution.
            By Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 2187.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I: 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 the United States;
       Amendment XVI: The Congress shall have power to lay and 
     collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, 
     without apportionment among the several states, and without 
     regard to any census or enumeration.
            By Mr. McCAUL:
       H.R. 2188.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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 
     and Department or Officer thereof.''
            By Mr. CARDENAS:
       H.R. 2189.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 1 and 8 of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. RUTHERFORD:
       H.R. 2190.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. DUNN:
       H.R. 2191.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. McSALLY:
       H.R. 2192.
       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.
       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 
     Departmenr
            By Mrs. NOEM:
       H.R. 2193.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
            By Mr. HUNTER:
       H.R. 2194.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. BLUM:
       H.R. 2195.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. RUSSELL:
       H.R. 2196.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 2197.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.)
            By Mr. CASTRO of Texas:
       H.R. 2198.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. CRAMER:
       H.R. 2199.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 2200.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18.
       Article 4, Section 3.
            By Mr. EMMER:
       H.R. 2201.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 2202.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
            By Ms. HANABUSA:
       H.R. 2203.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. HULTGREN:
       H.R. 2204.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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.
       Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes.
            By Ms. JENKINS of Kansas:
       H.R. 2205.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8:
       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.
            By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H.R. 2206.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 with specific power to provide for the 
     general welfare of the United States and to regulate commerce 
     among the several states, and with the Indian tribes of the 
     Constitution.
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            By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
       H.R. 2207.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
       H.R. 2208.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
       H.R. 2209.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 2210.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The United States Constitution, Article 1, Section 8.
            By Mr. LANCE:
       H.R. 2211.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14: ``Congress has the power 
     to . . . make rules for the government and regulation of the 
     land and naval forces.''
            By Mr. MARINO:
       H.R. 2212.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section I, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, in 
     that the legilation concerns the exercise of legislative 
     powers generally granted to Congress, including the exercise 
     of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution in 
     that the legislation exercises legislative powers granted to 
     Congress by that clause ``to regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes.'' and
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution in 
     that the legislation exercises legislative powers granted to 
     Congress by that clause ``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 Office thereof.''
            By Ms. McSALLY:
       H.R. 2213.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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.
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers vested by this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof.

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            By Mr. O'HALLERAN:
       H.R. 2214.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. PERLMUTTER:
       H.R. 2215.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
       10th Amendment
            By Mr. POLIQUIN:
       H.R. 2216.
       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 ``To regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes:'' as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. POLIS:
       H.R. 2217.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.R. 2218.
       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 needfull rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States; and nothing in this 
     Constitution shall be construed as to prejudice any claims of 
     the United States, or of any particular state.
            By Mr. ROYCE of California:
       H.R. 2219.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause I (relating to the general 
     welfare of the United States); and Article I, section 8, 
     clause 3 (relating to the power to regulate interstate 
     commerce).
            By Ms. SINEMA:
       H.R. 2220.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8
            By Mr. SMUCKER:
       H.R. 2221.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7.
            By Mr. STIVERS:
       H.R. 2222.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article 1, Sec 8, Clause 
     3
            By Mr. SCHIFF:
       H.J. Res. 100.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Consolidated Authorization for Use of Military Force 
     Resolution of 2017 is constitutionally authorized under 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 11.

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