[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6374-6375]
[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. VELA:
       H.R. 2281.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
            By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 2282.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi:
       H.R. 2283.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The United States Constitution Article 1, Section 8, Clause 
     18, that Congress shall have the power to make all laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper.
            By Mr. LABRADOR:
       H.R. 2284.

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       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''
            By Mr. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.R. 2285.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 2286.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . to 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several 
     States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
            By Mr. TIPTON:
       H.R. 2287.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ARTICLE I, SECTION 8, CLAUSE 18
            By Mr. BOST:
       H.R. 2288.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. COHEN:
       H.R. 2289.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power to 
     interstate commerce).
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 2290.
       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. DUFFY:
       H.R. 2291.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. FASO:
       H.R. 2292.
       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. HOLDING:
       H.R. 2293.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Articlel, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. KING of New York:
       H.R. 2294.
       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. LEVIN:
       H.R. 2295.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 2296.
       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. MEEHAN:
       H.R. 2297.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to: Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause I
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 2298.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Ms. TENNEY:
       H.R. 2299.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California:
       H.R. 2300.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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 the 
     Constitution In the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California:
       H.R. 2301.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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 the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN:
       H.R. 2302.
       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.''

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