[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 105 (Tuesday, July 8, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H5876]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. GOSAR:
        H.R. 5026.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation is constitutionally appropriate pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (the Spending Clause). The 
     Supreme Court, in South Dakota v. Dole (1987), reasoned that 
     conditions and limitations on funds were constitutional and 
     within the power of Congress under the Spending Clause. Thus, 
     conditioning the use of federal funds in order to direct 
     appropriate spending goals and purposes are constitutionally 
     permissible. As the spending is national in scope and 
     pertains to all National Fish Hatcheries, and the conditions 
     are clear, the legislation is constitutional.