[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6209-6210]
[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. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 2223.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18 of 
     the Constitution.
            By Mr. SMITH of Nebraska:
       H.R. 2224.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.
            By Mr. STIVERS:
       H.R. 2225.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 13
       The Congress shall have Power to provide and maintain a 
     Navy.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 12
       To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money 
     to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14
       To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces.
            By Mr. BARR:
       H.R. 2226.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this 
     legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and 
     among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.)
            By Mr. HURD:
       H.R. 2227.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section IX, clause VII, of the United States
            By Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana:
       H.R. 2228.
       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 to all other Powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
            By Mr. CUMMINGS:
       H.R. 2229.
       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 grants the Congress the power to enact this 
     law.
            By Mr. COHEN:
       H.R. 2230.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Ms. DelBENE:
       H.R. 2231.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 2232.
       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. 2233.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Ms. TITUS:
       H.R. 2234.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Ms. JUDY CHU of California:
       H.R. 2235.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 2236.
       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 I of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
            By Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 2237.
       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 as stated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mrs. DEMINGS:
       H.R. 2238.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Ms. FUDGE:
       H.R. 2239.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Atiicle I, Section 8, clause 1
           By Mr. GOTTHEIMER:
       H.R. 2240.
       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 ``provide for the common Defence'', 
     ``to raise and support Armies'', and ``to make Rules for the 
     Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces'' as 
     enumerated in Article I, section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. HOLDING:
       H.R. 2241.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. HUFFMAN:
       H.R. 2242.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 4, 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. [Page H775]
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 2243.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1

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           By Mr. LANCE:
       H.R. 2244.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, of the United States 
     Constitution, which states that the Congress shall have power 
     to regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among the 
     several states, and with the Indian Tribes.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which states that the 
     Congress shall have the power to make all laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into execution the 
     foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by the 
     Constitution of the United States.
           By Ms. LOFGREN:
       H.R. 2245.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clauses 1 and 3.
           By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 2246.
       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 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 Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
       H.R. 2247.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 2248.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. REED:
       H.R. 2249.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defense and general 
     Welfare of the United States.''
           By Mr. REED:
       H.R. 2250.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defense and general 
     Welfare of the United States.''
           By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD:
       H.R. 2251.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. SANFORD:
       H.R. 2252.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. SERRANO:
       H.R. 2253.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution, which 
     states that ``The Congress shll have power to lay and collect 
     taxes, duties, imposts and excises . . .'' Article I, Section 
     8, Clause 18 of the Constitution, which states that Congress 
     shall have the 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 goverment of the United States or in any 
     department or officer thereof.''
           By Mr. THOMPSON of California:
       H.R. 2254.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section I of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. TROTT:
       H.R. 2255.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. UPTON:
       H.R. 2256.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8. ``The Congress shall have the power . 
     . . to coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign 
     Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and measures;''
           By Mr. WENSTRUP:
       H.R. 2257.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

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