[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11205-11206]
[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. VELAZQUEZ:
       H.R. 3294.
       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 Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California:
       H.R. 3295.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 and Clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution
            By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 3296.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 7, Clause 1 and Section 8, Clause 1.
            By Mr. KELLY of Mississippi:
       H.R. 3297.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Mr. BARTON:
       H.R. 3298.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8, clause 1
            By Mr. McHENRY:
       H.R. 3299.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common Defence . . . of the United States; but all 
     Duties, Imposts, and Excises shall be uniform throughout the 
     United States.
            By Mr. SCHNEIDER:
       H.R. 3300.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I.
            By Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 3301.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 8, ``to promote the Progress 
     of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to 
     Authors and Inventors the exclusive Rights to their 
     respective Writings and Discoveries,''
            By Mr. DEUTCH:
       H.R. 3302.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 as interpreted by Steward 
     Machine Company v. Davis and by Helvering v. Davis (``general 
     welfare'' and general taxation).
            By Mr. CONNOLLY:
       H.R. 3303.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mrs. BEATTY:
       H.R. 3304.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution 
     which states that Congress has the 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 of Officer thereof.''
            By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 3305.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII, Clause VII
            By Mr. CROWLEY:
       H.R. 3306.
       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 . . .''
            By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 3307.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec. 1 and 8.
            By Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana:
       H.R. 3308.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 3309.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, to 
     ``provide for the common defense and general welfare of the 
     United States.''
            By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 3310.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, to 
     ``provide for the common defense and general welfare of the 
     United States.''
            By Mr. LANGEVIN:
       H.R. 3311.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 3312.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests lies 
     in Article 1, Section 7, Clause 2 of the Constitution, which 
     allows for every bill passed by the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate and signed by the President to be codified 
     into law; and therefore implicitly allows Congress to repeal 
     any bill that has been passed by both chambers and signed 
     into law by the President.
       Additionally, the Constitution grants to Congress the 
     explicit power to regulate commerce in and among the states, 
     as enumerate in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce 
     Clause.
            By Mr. MEADOWS:
       H.R. 3313.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. POLIS:
       H.R. 3314.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution. Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. RENACCI:
       H.R. 3315.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of 
     Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and 
     Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution.''
       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; 1.
            By Ms. ROSEN:
       H.R. 3316.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 8 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
            By Mr. TROTT:
       H.R. 3317.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. TURNER:
       H.R. 3318.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. VEASEY:
       H.R. 3319.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Title 10, United States Code
            By Mr. YOHO:
       H.R. 3320.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section II Clause 18
            By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.J. Res. 109.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (relating to the power to 
     make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the 
     powers vested in Congress)
            By Mr. STIVERS:
       H.J. Res. 110.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the Constitution, which grants Congress the 
     authority, whenever two thirds of both chambers deem it 
     necessary, to propose amendments to the Constitution.

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