[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6269-6270]
[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. AGUILAR:
       H.R. 2258.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 2259.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. CARBAJAL:
       H.R. 2260.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.
            By Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ:
       H.R. 2261.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution:
       ``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. BEATTY:
       H.R. 2262.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes;''
            By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 2263.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 2264.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. COLLINS of New York:
       H.R. 2265.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 2266.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4.
            By Mr. CROWLEY:
       H.R. 2267.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 2268.
       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 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 2269.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. LANGEVIN:
       H.R. 2270.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 2271.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 2272.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. PERRY:
       H.R. 2273.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. PETERS:
       H.R. 2274.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. POLIS:
       H.R. 2275.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. RICE of South Carolina:
       H.R. 2276.
       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. SLAUGHTER:
       H.R. 2277.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the Constitution of the United States
            By Mr. TIPTON:
       H.R. 2278.
       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.
            By Ms. TSONGAS:
       H.R. 2279.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
            By Mr. PERLMUTTER:
       H.R. 2280.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8

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