[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9603-9604]
[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 Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California:
       H.R. 2972.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution and
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California:
       H.R. 2973.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. POCAN:
       H.R. 2974.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       To regulate Commerce with foriegn Nations, and among severl 
     States, and with the Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. LIPINSKI:
       H.R. 2975.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 18.
            By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 2976.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States of America
            By Mr. GIANFORTE:
       H.R. 2977.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 7 of Section 9 of Article I of the United States' 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. SEWELL of Alabama:
       H.R. 2978.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Fifteenth Amendment, Section 2 Section 1: The right of 
     citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or 
     abridged by the U.S. or by any state on account of race, 
     color, or previous condition of servitude.
            By Mr. AGUILAR:
       H.R. 2979.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. COLLINS of New York:
       H.R. 2980.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. DELANEY:
       H.R. 2981.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4, Clause 1
       ``The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for 
     Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each 
     State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any 
     time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the 
     Places of chusing Senators.''
            By Ms. HANABUSA:
       H.R. 2982.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Ms. KAPTUR:
       H.R. 2983.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 1 (related to the general Welfare of the 
     United States).
            By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 2984.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following :
       Art. I, Sec. 8
            By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 2985.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following :
       Art. I, Sec. 8
            By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 2986.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, Sec. 8
            By Ms. McSALLY:
       H.R. 2987.
       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;
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 3--The Congress shall have 
     Power to dispose of and make all neeful Rules and Regulations 
     respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the 
     United States
            By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 2988.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following :
       clause 18 of setion 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 2989.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. RICHMOND:
       H.R. 2990.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to 
     Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 
     1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the 
     Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18).
            By Mr. SMUCKER:
       H.R. 2991.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of article I of the Constitution
            By Mr. SWALWELL of California:
       H.R. 2992.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sections 8 and 9
            By Mrs. WALORSKI:
       H.R. 2993.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. WITTMAN:
       H.R. 2994.
       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 provide for the common Defence . . 
     . to raise and support Armies . . . to provide and maintain a 
     Navy'' and ``to make Rules for the Government and Regulation 
     of the land and naval Forces'' as enumerated in Article I, 
     section 8 of the United States Constitution.

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