Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 3821; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 121
(House of Representatives - July 18, 2019)

Text available as:

Formatting necessary for an accurate reading of this text may be shown by tags (e.g., <DELETED> or <BOLD>) or may be missing from this TXT display. For complete and accurate display of this text, see the PDF.


[Page H7151]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. McHENRY:
        H.R. 3821.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the explicit power of Congress to regulate commerce as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. Additionally, 
     Article I, Section 7, Clause 2 allows for every bill passed 
     by the House of Representatives and the Senate and signed by 
     the President to be made law, and therefore implicitly allows 
     Congress to amend any legislation that has been passed by 
     both chambers and signed into law by the President.