[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9279-9280]
[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. FATTAH:
       H.R. 2393.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.
           By Mr. GARRETT:
       H.R. 2394.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution: ``The powers not 
     delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor 
     prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States 
     respectively, or to the people.''
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Washington:
       H.R. 2395.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
       The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all 
     needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or 
     other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in 
     this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any 
     Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
           By Mr. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 2396.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. YOUNG of Florida:
       H.R. 2397.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The principal constitutional authority for this legislation 
     is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States (the appropriation power), which states: 
     ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in 
     Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . . .'' In 
     addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the 
     Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress 
     shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . 
     . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions 
     establish the congressional power of the purse, granting 
     Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine 
     their purpose, amount, and period of availability, and to set 
     forth terms and conditions governing their use.
           By Mr. BISHOP of Utah:
       H.R. 2398.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by 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), and Clause 1 
     of Article 1, Section 8, which grants Congress the authority 
     to provide for the common defense and general welfare of the 
     United States, and Clause 18 of Article 1 Section 8, which 
     allows the authority to make laws deemed necessary and 
     proper.
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 2399.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clauses 1, 3, and 18 of the 
     Constitution of the United States.
           By Mrs. CAPPS:
       H.R. 2400.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. COTTON:
       H.R. 2401.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 4, section 3, clause 2
       ``The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all 
     needful Rules and Regulations respecting the territory or 
     other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in 
     this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any 
     Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.''
           By Mr. DUFFY:
       H.R. 2402.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 (related to the general 
     welfare of the United States); and
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (related to the power to 
     regulate interstate commerce).
           By Mr. GINGREY of Georgia:
       H.R. 2403.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 of the Constitution states 
     that ``The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for 
     Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each 
     State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any 
     time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the 
     Places of choosing Senators.''
           By Mr. PAULSEN:
       H.R. 2404.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
           By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:
       H.R. 2405.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution.
           Mr. RANGEL:
       H.R. 2406.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following: Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.

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