[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11576-11577]
[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. FARENTHOLD:
       H.R. 3377.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
            By Mrs. WALORSKI:
       H.R. 3378.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 3379.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I and the 16th Amendment 
     to the U.S. Constitution.
            By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
       H.R. 3380.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . 
     . general Welfare of the United States; . . .
            By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 3381.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the Constitution and its subsequent amendments 
     and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of 
     the United States.
            By Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts:
       H.R. 3382.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. ESTES of Kansas:
       H.R. 3383.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the general 
     welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the 
     power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out 
     the powers vested in Congress), and Article IV, Section 3, 
     Clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and 
     make all needful rules and regulations respecting the 
     territory or other property belonging to the United States).
            By Mrs. HARTZLER:
       H.R. 3384.
       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. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 3385.
       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. 3386.
       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. HARPER:
       H.R. 3387.
       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. LATTA:
       H.R. 3388.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
            By Ms. BARRAGAN:
       H.R. 3389.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Ms. CASTOR of Florida:
       H.R. 3390.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. HARRIS:
       H.R. 3391.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana:
       H.R. 3392.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 4, Section 3, clause 2
            By Mr. TED LIEU of California:
       H.R. 3393.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS:
       H.R. 3394.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       To regulate Commerce as enumerated by Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the Constitution
            By Mr. MEEHAN:
       H.R. 3395.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, 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.

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            By Mr. PAULSEN:
       H.R. 3396.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. ROSEN:
       H.R. 3397.
       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. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 3398.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 and Article 4, Section 3, 
     Clause 2.

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