[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13362]
[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. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 3681.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
            By Mr. LOWENTHAL:
       H.R. 3682.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Ms. SHEA-PORTER:
       H.R. 3683.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, which provides Congress 
     with the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, 
     and excises.''
       Sixteenth Amendment, which provides Congress the power to 
     ``lay and collect taxes on incomes.''
            By Mr. BEYER:
       H.R. 3684.
       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. FLORES:
       H.R. 3685.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
       H.R. 3686.
       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. FORTENBERRY:
       H.R. 3687.
       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. KING of Iowa:
       H.R. 3688.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution provides Congress 
     with the authority to regulate commerce with the Indian 
     Tribes in the United States.
            By Mr. MacARTHUR:
       H.R. 3689.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Caluse 4
            By Mr. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 3690.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to Article I, Section 8, clause 1 of the U.S. 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. MENG:
       H.R. 3691.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.

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