[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9301-9302]
[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. CURBELO of Florida:
       H.R. 2901.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which states 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 the 
     Constitution in the government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.''
            By Mr. HUFFMAN:
       H.R. 2902.
       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 Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
       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 of Officer thereof.
            By Mr. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 2903.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. POCAN:
       H.R. 2904.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. YOUNG of Iowa:
       H.R. 2905.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. BUCSHON:
       H.R. 2906.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. TIPTON:
       H.R. 2907.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV Section 3 clause 2
            By Mr. LYNCH:
       H.R. 2908.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. MASSIE:
       H.R. 2909.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, and 
     Article 1, Section 8, which gives Congress the authority to 
     legislate for the District of Columbia.
            By Mr. FLORES:
       H.R. 2910.
       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 Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 2911.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 2912.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution (clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18), which 
     grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to 
     provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government 
     and regulation of the land and naval forces; to provide for 
     organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia; and to make 
     all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the foregoing 
     powers.
            By Mrs. NAPOLITANO:
       H.R. 2913.
       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 defense and general welfare of the United States; 
     but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States;
            By Mr. SCHNEIDER:
       H.R. 2914.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8.
            By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 2915.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 3.
           By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 2916.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I Section 
     8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. GIBBS:
       H.R. 2917.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 3 (relating to regulation of Commerce 
     among the several states.)
           By Mr. BANKS of Indiana:
       H.R. 2918.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18
           By Mr. CHABOT:
       H.R. 2919.
       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 Mr. COHEN:
       H.R. 2920.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. CRAMER:
       H.R. 2921.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is in 
     article IV section 3 clause 2 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. DONOVAN:
       H.R. 2922.
       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. GRAVES of Louisiana:
       H.R. 2923.
       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 of America
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       H.R. 2924.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8--To provide for calling forth the 
     Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress 
     Insurrections, and repel Invasions;
           By Mr. McGOVERN:
       H.R. 2925.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. MEEHAN:
       H.R. 2926.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to: Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18
           By Mr. MESSER:
       H.R. 2927.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. PAYNE:
       H.R. 2928.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 Clause 3--Congress has the ability to 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several 
     States, and with the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. WITTMAN:
       H.R. 2929.
       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 Defense and general Welfare of the United 
     States; but all Duties, Imposts, and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.

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