[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10940-10941]
[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. McGOVERN:
       H.R. 3241.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mrs. HARTZLER:
       H.R. 3242.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I: Section 8: Clause 3 The United States Congress 
     shall have power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, 
     and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
           By Mr. CONNOLLY:
       H.R. 3243.
       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. MEADOWS:
       H.R. 3244.
       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. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 3245.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 1
           By Miss RICE of New York:
       H.R. 3246.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII
           By Mr. BERA:
       H.R. 3247.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 3248.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.)

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       By Mrs. COMSTOCK:
       H.R. 3249.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. CROWLEY:
       H.R. 3250.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 3251
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority for this bill is pursuant to 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. FOSTER:
       H.R. 3252.
       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, Clauses 1 and 18 of the 
     United States Constitution.
       By Mr. LOEBSACK:
       H.R. 3253.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
       H.R. 3254.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, ``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 Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 3255.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5, which reads: The Congress 
     shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the 
     provisions of this article; and Article I, Section 8, Clause 
     3, which reads: The Congress shall have Power to regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 3256.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the 
     Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this 
     legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and 
     among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.
           By Mr. ROKITA:
       H.R. 3257.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII, Clause XVIII
       To make all laws that shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof
           By Mr. RUIZ:
       H.R. 3258.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all 
     laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of 
     Congress.
           By Ms. SPEIER:
       H.R. 3259.
       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 1, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. THOMPSON of California:
       H.R. 3260.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ARTICLE I of the CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
           By Mrs. TORRES:
       H.R. 3261.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: of the United 
     States Constitution, seen below, this bill falls within the 
     Constitutional Authority of the United States Congress.
       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.

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