[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 17511-17512]
[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. CAMP:
       H.R. 1.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clauses 1 and 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, and Amendment XVI of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. ROYCE:
       H.R. 5825.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. PASCRELL:
       H.R. 5826.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. McCAUL:
       H.R. 5827.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8: The Congress shall have Power To law and 
     collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises . . .
            By Mr. CARTWRIGHT:
       H.R. 5828.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution 
     relating to the power of Congress to provide for the common 
     defense and general welfare of the United States.
       Article 3, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution 
     relating to the power of Congress to regulate commerce.
           By Mr. LIPINSKI:
       H.R. 5829.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 and the 16th Amendment of the U.S. 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia:
       H.R. 5830.

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       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.
            By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia:
       H.R. 5831.
       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.
            By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 5832.
       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, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United 
     States Constitution which gives Congress the power ``to make 
     Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval 
     Forces.''
            By Mr. CAMP:
       H.R. 5833.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clauses 1 and 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. FOSTER:
       H.R. 5834.
       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, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas:
       H.R. 5835.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 1 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 5836.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec. 1 and 8.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida:
       H.R. 5837.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
       H.R. 5838.
       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 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 5839.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 5840.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 5841.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 5842.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. LANGEVIN:
       H.R. 5843.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States grant Congress the authority to enact this bill.
           By Mr. POCAN:
       H.R. 5844.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       The Congress shall have Power. . . . To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several states, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 5845.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I
            By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 5846.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
           By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 5847.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of 
     America.
       ``No person shall be . . . deprived of life, liberty, or 
     property, without due process of law; nor shall private 
     property be taken for public use, without just 
     compensation.''
            By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky:
       H.J. Res. 130.
       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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