[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12750]
[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. JENKINS of West Virginia:
       H.R. 3663.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 section 8 clause 17
            By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia:
       H.R. 3664.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       art. I, sec. 8, cl. 18.

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