[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13339]
[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. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.R. 3073.
       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 as stated in Article I, Section 8 of 
     the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. FINCHER:
       H.R. 3074.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
           By Mr. RUSH:
       H.R. 3075.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have 
     power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, 
     to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and 
     general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts 
     and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;''
       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 Mr. DeSANTIS:
       H.R. 3076.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and 3
           By Mr. NUNES:
       H.R. 3077.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. SMITH of Washington:
       H.R. 3078.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I
           Mr. PASTOR of Arizona:
       H.R. 3079.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 4
           By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky:
       H.J. Res. 59.
       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.

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