[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9811-9812]
[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. LEWIS of Georgia:
       H.R. 12.
       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 of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
            By Mr. CUMMINGS:
       H.R. 3031.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution (general welfare clause).
            By Mr. KATKO:
       H.R. 3032.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of article 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;
            By Mr. KNIGHT:
       H.R. 3033.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. NEWHOUSE:
       H.R. 3034.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. REICHERT:
       H.R. 3035.
       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 Defence and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.''
            By Mr. BROWN of Maryland:
       H.R. 3036.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18)
            By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 3037.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII, clause 1 enumerates that, ``The 
     Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, 
     imposts and excises . . .'' Further, Amendment XVI states 
     that ``The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes 
     on incomes, from whatever source derived, without 
     apportionment among the several states, and without regard to 
     any census or enumeration.''
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 3038.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution relating to 
     the power of Congress 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)
            By Ms. JUDY CHU of California:
       H.R. 3039.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. 1, Sec. 8 ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and 
     collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts 
     and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the 
     United States.''
            By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 3040.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. CRAWFORD:
       H.R. 3041.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the enumerated powers listed in Article I, Section 8 of 
     the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. DUFFY:
       H.R. 3042.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS:
       H.R. 3043.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority in which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to regulate Commerce as enumerated by 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 as applied to waterways for 
     the development of hydroelectric power and flood control.
            By Mr. MEEHAN:
       H.R. 3044.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to: Article I, Section 8, and 
     Clause 1 and Article I, Section 8, and Clause 3
            By Mr. MESSER:
       H.R. 3045.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution;
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. POLIQUIN:
       H.R. 3046.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 gives Congress the ``Power to lay and 
     collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises.''
            By Mr. THOMAS J. ROONEY of Florida:
       H.R. 3047.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, 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. SWALWELL of California:
       H.R. 3048.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. TURNER:
       H.R. 3049.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. UPTON:
       H.R. 3050.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. WELCH:
       H.R. 3051.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article 1, 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 this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States, or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof.
            By Mr. WELCH:
       H.R. 3052.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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 this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States, or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof.

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