[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7775]
[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 Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
       H.R. 2422.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (``The 
     Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the common 
     Defen[s]e and general Welfare of the United States[.]'') (By 
     establishing a grant program for mobile dental health units, 
     the bill will expand access to oral care, and improve the 
     health and wellbeing of Americans that lack access to dental 
     services.).

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