[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8084-8086]
[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. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 2510.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18 of 
     the Constitution.
            By Mr. THORNBERRY:
       H.R. 2511.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress ``to provide for the common Defence'', 
     ``to raise and support Armies'', ``to provide and maintain a 
     Navy'' and ``to make Rules for the Government and Regulation 
     of the land and naval Forces'' as enumerated in Article I, 
     section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 2512.

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       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 Mrs. HARTZLER:
       H.R. 2513.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 3 and 18 of Article I, Section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution. Article I, Section 8, clause 3, the 
     Interstate Commerce Clause, gives Congress the power to 
     regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several 
     states, and with the Indian tribes. Article I, Section 8, 
     clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause, gives Congress 
     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. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 2514.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (relating to the power to 
     make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the 
     powers vested in Congress)
            By Mr. FRANCIS ROONEY of Florida:
       H.R. 2515.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. YOUNG of Iowa:
       H.R. 2516.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Mr. TAYLOR:
       H.R. 2517.
       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; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States;
       To borrow money on the credit of the United States;
       To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
       To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform 
     Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United 
     States;
       To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign 
     Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
       To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the 
     Securities and current Coin of the United States;
       To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;
       To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by 
     securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the 
     exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
       To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
       and Offenses against the Law of Nations;
       To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and 
     make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
       To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money 
     to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
       To provide and maintain a Navy;
       To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces;
       To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the 
     Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel 
     Invasions;
       To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the 
     Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be 
     employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to 
     the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and 
     the Authority of training the Militia according to the 
     discipline prescribed by Congress;
       To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, 
     over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, 
     by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of 
     Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United 
     States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places 
     purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in 
     which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, 
     Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; 
     And
       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. HUNTER:
       H.R. 2518.
       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. WALZ:
       H.R. 2519.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 5 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution.
            By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 2520.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The ``necessary and proper'' clause of Article I Section 8.
            By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:
       H.R. 2521.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. BANKS of Indiana:
       H.R. 2522.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, giving Congress the power 
     to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the 
     several states, and with the Indian tribes.''
            By Ms. BONAMICI:
       H.R. 2523.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Ms. BROWNLEY of California:
       H.R. 2524.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 2525.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution relating to 
     the power of Congress 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. JUDY CHU of California:
       H.R. 2526.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. 1, Sec. 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. COHEN:
       H.R. 2527.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Ms. DeGETTE:
       H.R. 2528.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment X to the Constitution of the United States of 
     America
            By Mr. EMMER:
       H.R. 2529.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7--
       The Congress shall have Power . . . To establish Post 
     Offices and Post Roads
            By Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico:
       H.R. 2530.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I section I of the U.S. Constitution
       ``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.''
            By Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico:
       H.R. 2531.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section I of the U.S. Constitution
       ``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.''
            By Ms. GRANGER:
       H.R. 2532.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution that 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. KATKO:
       H.R. 2533.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution: 
     The Congress shall have the Power To law 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. KIND:
       H.R. 2534.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 7, Clause 1
       ``All Bills for raising Revenue shall orginate in the House 
     of Representatives''
            By Mr. LANGEVIN:
       H.R. 2535.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 3
            By Mr. LOEBSACK:
       H.R. 2536.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the US Constitution

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            By Mr. MEADOWS:
       H.R. 2537.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. MENG:
       H.R. 2538.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Ms. MENG:
       H.R. 2539.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 2540.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. PETERS:
       H.R. 2541.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution
            By Mr. QUIGLEY:
       H.R. 2542.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. REED:
       H.R. 2543.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution 
     and the 16th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. RYAN of Ohio:
       H.R. 2544.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8: 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. TORRES:
       H.R. 2545.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1: 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 Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California:
       H.R. 2546.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article l, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. WOODALL:
       H.R. 2547.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically the power to provide for the general Welfare of 
     the United States and establish Post Offices and post Roads.
            By Mr. ARRINGTON:
       H.J. Res. 101.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V: The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses 
     shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this 
     Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of 
     two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for 
     proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid 
     to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, 
     when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the 
     several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, 
     as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed 
     by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made 
     prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall 
     in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the 
     ninth section of the first article; and that no state, 
     without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage 
     in the Senate.

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