[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7597]
[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. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 2399.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of, and the Sixteenth 
     Amendment to, the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 2400.
       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 Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
       H.R. 2401.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, 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 Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico:
       H.R. 2402.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Ms. MOORE:
       H.R. 2403.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Ms. PLASKETT:
       H.R. 2404.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 and Article IV, Section 3 of the 
     United States Constitution.

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