[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 474-475]
[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. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 3841.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 3842.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 3843.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 3844.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. GRAYSON:
       H.R. 3845.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mrs. MILLER of Michigan:
       H.R. 3846.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1; and Article I, section 8, 
     clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States
           By Mr. BARBER:
       H.R. 3847.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       General welfare
       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 Defence and general Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.
       Commercial Activity Regulation
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and

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     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. BISHOP of New York:
       H.R. 3848.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. CASSIDY:
       H.R. 3849.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. GIBSON:
       H.R. 3850.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article 1--to provide for the common Defence 
     and general Welfare of the United States.
           By Mr. LANCE:
       H.R. 3851.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, Clause I, of the United States 
     Constitution This states that ``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.''
           By Ms. LEE of California:
       H.R. 3852.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
           By Mr. REED:
       H.R. 3853.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: to regulate Commerce 
     Article 1, Section 8, Clause 14: to make rules for the 
     government
           By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky:
       H.J. Res. 106.
       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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