[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8604]
[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. BERGMAN:
       H.R. 2749.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. FOSTER:
       H.R. 2750.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress is empowered to regulate interstate commerce under 
     Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana:
       H.R. 2751.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana:
       H.R. 2752.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. KILMER:
       H.R. 2753.
       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. McGOVERN:
       H.R. 2754.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1; Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 14; and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 2755.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. PASCRELL:
       H.R. 2756.
       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 lay and collect duties and to 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8.
           By Mr. QUIGLEY:
       H.R. 2757.
       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 regulate commerce; as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. RICE of South Carolina:
       H.R. 2758.
       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. VARGAS:
       H.R. 2759.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (1) To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8,Clause 4 of the U.S. 
     Constitution;
       (2) To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of 
     money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years, 
     as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 of the U.S. 
     Constitution;
       (3) To provide and maintain a navy, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 13 of the U.S. Constitution; and
       (4) To make rules for the government and regulation of the 
     land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 14 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. VARGAS:
       H.R. 2760.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (1) To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the U.S. 
     Constitution;
       (2) To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of 
     money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years, 
     as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 of the U.S. 
     Constitution;
       (3) To provide and maintain a navy, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 13 of the U.S. Constitution; and
       (4) To make rules for the government and regulation of the 
     land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 14 of the U.S. Constitution.
       (5) 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, 
     as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. VARGAS:
       H.R. 2761.
       Congress has the peter to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (1) To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the U.S. 
     Constitution;
       (2) To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of 
     money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years, 
     as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 of the U.S. 
     Constitution;
       (3) To provide and maintain a navy, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 13 of the U.S. Constitution; and
       (4) To make rules for the government and regulation of the 
     land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 14 of the U.S. Constitution.
       (5) 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, 
     as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. 
     Constitution.

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