[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8131-8132]
[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. BARLETTA:
       H.R. 2548.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause l (relating to providing for the common 
     defense and general welfare of the United States) and Clause 
     3 (related to regulation of Commerce with foreign Nations, 
     and among the several States, and with Indian tribes) and 
     Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary 
     and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).
           By Mr. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 2549.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of California:
       H.R. 2550.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Sec 1
           By Mr. STIVERS:
       H.R. 2551.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I
           By Mr. MASSIE:
       H.R. 2552.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority for the Senior Citizens Tax 
     Elimination Act is found in Article I, Section 8, which gives 
     Congress the power to lay and collect taxes.
           By Mr. BARR:
       H.R. 2553.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: No Money shall be drawn 
     from the Treasury but in Consequence of Appropriations made 
     by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts 
     and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from 
     time to time)
           By Mr. SOTO:
       H.R. 2554.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.
           By Mrs. LOVE:
       H.R. 2555.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 2556.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       United States Constitution Article I Section 8
           By Mr. BUCSHON:
       H.R. 2557.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. COLLINS of New York:
       H.R. 2558.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. CROWLEY:
       H.R. 2559.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have 
     Power to lay and collect Taxes . . .''
           By Mr. GAETZ:
       H.R. 2560.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH:
       H.R. 2561.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 2562.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. LAWSON of Florida:
       H.R. 2563.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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 Mr. LoBIONDO:
       H.R. 2564.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 2565.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Additionally, Article 1, Section 7, Clause 2 of the 
     Constitution allows for every bill passed by the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate and signed by the President to 
     be codified into law; and therefore implicitly allows 
     Congress to repeal any bill that has been passed by both 
     chambers and signed into law by the President.
           By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 2566.
       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.

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           By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 2567.
       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 Mr. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 2568.
       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. PERLMUTTER:
       H.R. 2569.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. POSEY:
       H.R. 2570.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3--``The Congress shall have 
     the power to . . . regulate commerce with foreign nations, 
     and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;''
           By Mr. POSEY:
       H.R. 2571.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States: The Congress shall have Power to regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian tribes.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States: The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution the forgoing 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. ROYBAL-ALLARD:
       H.R. 2572.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. RU1Z:
       H.R. 2573.
       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, to provide for the general welfare and make all 
     laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of 
     Congress.
           By Mr. RUIZ:
       H.R. 2574.
       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, to provide for the general welfare and make all 
     laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of 
     Congress.
           By Mr. RU1Z:
       H.R. 2575.
       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, to provide for the general welfare and make all 
     laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of 
     Congress.
           By Mr. SERRANO:
       H.R. 2576.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution
           By Ms. SINEMA:
       H.R. 2577.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article. I. Section 8.
           By Ms. SLAUGHTER:
       H.R. 2578.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8.
           By Mr. TIBERI:
       H.R. 2579.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. 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.
           By Mr. ZELDIN:
       H.R. 2580.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

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