[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 7840-7842]
[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. STEWART:
       H.R. 2423.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States.
           By Mr. STEWART:
       H.R. 2424.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States.
           By Mr. HUFFMAN:
       H.R. 2425.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: 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 office thereof.
           By Mr. LYNCH:
       H.R. 2426.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 section 8 Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mrs. DEMINGS:
       H.R. 2427.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. TAKANO:
       H.R. 2428.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. MacARTHUR:
       H.R. 2429.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
            By Mr. WALDEN:
       H.R. 2430.
       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. LABRADOR:
       H.R. 2431.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 Clause 4 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. CHABOT:
       H.R. 2432.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 . . . ``To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 . . . 
     ``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 Miss RICE of New York:
       H.R. 2433.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. MITCHELL:
       H.R. 2434.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 to make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers.
            By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:
       H.R. 2435.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. PINGREE:
       H.R. 2436.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of the US Constitution
            By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 2437.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution 
     which states that Congress has 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 Government of the United States, 
     or in any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. ROTHFUS:
       H.R. 2438.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 1: All legislative Powers herein granted 
     shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which 
     shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall

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     have Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     amoung the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 2439.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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 Defence and general Welfare 
     of the United States;
           By Mr. RASKIN:
       H.R. 2440.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Necessary and Proper Clause--Article 1, Section 8, Clause 
     18 of the United States Constitution
           By Mrs. HARTZLER:
       H.R. 2441.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 1 and 3 of Article I, Section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
       H.R. 2442.
       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, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. BARLETTA:
       H.R. 2443.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--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 Ms. JACKSON LEE:
       H.R. 2444.
       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 II, Section 2, of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 2445.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. BROWN of Maryland:
       H.R. 2446.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18)
           By Mr. CARDENAS:
       H.R. 2447.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 2448.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article l, Section 8
           By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 2449.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1, Clause 1
           By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia:
       H.R. 2450.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause I, Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 2451.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Ms. ESTY of Connecticut:
       H.R. 2452.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. GALLAGHER:
       H.R. 2453.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--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. HURD:
       H.R. 2454.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 Ms. JAYAPAL:
       H.R. 2455.
       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 Ms. JAYAPAL:
       H.R. 2456.
       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. JOHNSON of Louisiana:
       H.R. 2457.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8.
           By Mr. JONES:
       H.R. 2458.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article 4, Section 4 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. KING of New York:
       H.R. 2459.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--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. KINZINGER:
       H.R. 2460.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution
            By Mr. LANCE:
       H.R. 2461.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, which 
     states that the Congress has the power to regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. LANGEVIN:
       H.R. 2462.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. TED LIEU of California:
       H.R. 2463.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. LYNCH:
       H.R. 2464.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18
            By Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS:
       H.R. 2465.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The power of the Congress to regulate Commerce as 
     enumerated by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 as applied to 
     the Social Security Act.
            By Ms. MENG:
       H.R. 2466.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 2467.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. PERRY:
       H.R. 2468.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--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. POSEY:
       H.R. 2469.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. ROGERS of Alabama:
       H.R. 2470.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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. RUTHERFORD:
       H.R. 2471.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 10--``To define and punish 
     Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and 
     Offences against the Law of Nations'' and
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--``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

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     United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
            By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 2472.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mrs. WAGNER:
       H.R. 2473.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment XIII
       Amendment XIV
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California:
       H.R. 2474.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, which permits Congress to 
     regulate commerce.

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