[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 10362-10363]
[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. ELLISON:
       H.R. 3175.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
           By Mr. MacARTHUR:
       H.R. 3176.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article 1, Section, 
     Clause 18
           By Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 3177.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14
       The Congress shall have Power to the United States 
     Constitution which empowers Congress ``To make rules for the 
     government and regulation of the land and naval forces;''.
       And; Article I, Section 8, Clause 18:
       The Congress shall have Power to the United States 
     Constitution which empowers Congress ``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. BRADY of Texas:
       H.R. 3178.
       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 make rules for the government and 
     regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH:
       H.R. 3179.
       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. NUNES:
       H.R. 3180.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
     United States Government, including those under Title 50, are 
     carried out to support the national security interests of the 
     United States, to enable the armed forces of the United 
     States, and to support the President in executing the foreign 
     policy of the United States.
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States provides, in pertinent part, that ``Congress shall 
     have power . . . to . . . provide for the common Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States''; ``. . . to raise and 
     support armies . . .''; to ``make Rules concerning Captures 
     on Land and Water''; and ``To make all laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested in this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.''
           By Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 3181.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Ms. DeLAURO:
       H.R. 3182.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. GARRETT:
       H.R. 3183.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. GARRETT:
       H.R. 3184.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. JOYCE of Ohio:
       H.R. 3185.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
       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 the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Office thereof.
           By Ms. TSONGAS:
       H.R. 3186.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
            By Mr. YOHO:
       H.R. 3187.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. FRANKS of Arizona:
       H.R. 3188
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4: ``The Congress shall have 
     Power To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization''

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           By Mrs. WAGNER:
       H.R. 3189
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4: ``The Congress shall have 
     Power To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization''
           By Mr. WENSTRUP:
       H.R. 3190
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4: ``The Congress shall have 
     Power To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization''

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