[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9065-9066]
[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. COLLINS of Georgia:
       H.R. 2870.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1, 3, and 17.
            By Mr. GRIFFITH:
       H.R. 2871.
       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 of the United State 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. BUCSHON:
       H.R. 2872.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
            By Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 2873.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution under the 
     General Welfare Clause
            By Mr. DUFFY:
       H.R. 2874.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1 (relating to the general 
     welfare of the United States); and Article I, section 8, 
     clause 3 (relating to the power to regulate interstate 
     commerce).
            By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
       H.R. 2875.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3

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       The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 2876.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This proposal is introduced pursuant to Article I.
            By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 2877.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution gives 
     Congress the broad authority to provide for the ``general 
     Welfare of the United States.''
            By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 2878.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. GRAVES of Missouri:
       H.R. 2879.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8: To regulate Commerce . . . among the 
     several states; to make all laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers
           By Mr. GRIFFITH:
       H.R. 2880.
       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, Clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Ms. JENKINS of Kansas:
       H.R. 2881.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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 Defense and general Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.
       Article I, Section 9:
       No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in 
     Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.
           By Mr. KILMER:
       H.R. 2882.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. MULLIN:
       H.R. 2883.
       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. QUIGLEY:
       H.R. 2884.
       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. REICHERT:
       H.R. 2885.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Clause I of Section 8 of Article I of the 
     United States Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United 
     States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to 
     providing for the general welfare of the United States) and 
     clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary 
     and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress), 
     and 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 Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD:
       H.R. 2886.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 2887.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the 
     legislative powers granted to Congress by that clause to 
     ``regulate commerce . . . among the several States,'' Article 
     I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in 
     that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to 
     Congress by that clause ``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. SMITH of Missouri:
       H.R. 2888.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: The Congress shall have 
     power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and 
     regulations respecting the Territory of other Property 
     belonging to the United States; and nothing in this 
     Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice and Claims 
     or the United States, or any particular State.

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