[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12604-12605]
[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. McGOVERN:
       H.R. 2847.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 12: To raise and support 
     Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be 
     for a longer Term than two Years.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 13: To provide and maintain a 
     Navy.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14: To make Rules for the 
     Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.
           By Mr. ROYCE:
       H.R. 2848.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. LYNCH:
       H.R. 2849.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas:
       H.R. 2850.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. CONYERS:
       H.R. 2851.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the 
     United States Constitution, Congress shall have the power to 
     enact appropriate laws protecting the civil rights of all 
     Americans.
           By Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California:
       H.R. 2852.
       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. LIPINSKI:
       H.R. 2853.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States grants the Congress the power to enact this 
     law.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Washington:
       H.R. 2854.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 7: ``All Bills for raising Revenue shall 
     originate in the House of Representatives . . .''
       Article I, Section 8: ``The Congress shall have Power To 
     lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, . . .''
       Amendment XVI (16th Amendment): ``The Congress shall have 
     power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever 
     source derived, without apportionment among the several 
     States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.''
           By Ms. GRANGER:
       H.R. 2855.
       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. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 2856.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. BARLETTA:
       H.R. 2857.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution Clause 18. 
     This is the necessary and proper clause, which allows 
     Congress to enact laws pursuant to the Constitution that will 
     benefit the nation as a whole.
           By Ms. DeGETTE:
       H.R. 2858.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH:
       H.R. 2859.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority to enact this legislation can 
     be found in:
       General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 1)
       Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 18)
       Constitutional analysis is a rigorous discipline which goes 
     far beyond the text of the Constitution, and requires 
     knowledge of case law, history, and the tools of 
     constitutional interpretation. While the scope of Congress' 
     powers is an appropriate matter for House debate, the listing 
     of specific textual authorities for routine Congressional 
     legislation about which there is no legitimate constitutional 
     concern is a diminishment of the majesty of our Founding 
     Fathers' vision for our national legislature.
           By Mr. FARENTHOLD:
       H.R. 2860.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
       To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other 
     Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 2861.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8
           By Mr. MATHESON:
       H.R. 2862.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. PAYNE:
       H.R. 2863.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to make rules for the government and 
     regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD:
       H.R. 2864.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia:
       H.R. 2865.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 & Clause 18 of the 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. TERRY:
       H.R. 2866.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 5, which provides, ``To coin Money, 
     regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the 
     Standard of Weights and Measures;''
           By Mr. TERRY:
       H.R. 2867.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The authority comes from Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 1, the ``tax 
     and spend clause.'' This clause provides, ``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; . . .''
           By Mr. WELCH:
       H.R. 2868.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have 
     Power To . . . make all Laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and 
     all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States, or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof.

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