[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11381]
[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. DAINES:
       H.R. 5020.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States
            By Mr. CAMP:
       H.R. 5021.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     specifically Clause 1, Clause 3, Clause 7, and Clause 18.
            By Mr. VARGAS:
       H.R. 5022.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       To raise and support Armies and to provide and maintain a 
     Navy, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clauses 12 and 
     13 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. BROOKS of Alabama:
       H.R. 5023.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 ``To make Rules for the 
     Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces'' and 
     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 the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.''
            By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 5024.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I of the Constitution
            By Mrs. LOWEY:
       H.R. 5025.
       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. GOSAR:
       H.R. 5026.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation is constitutionally appropriate pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (the Spending Clause). The 
     Supreme Court, in South Dakota v. Dole (1987), reasoned that 
     conditions and limitations on funds were constitutional and 
     within the power of Congress under the Spending Clause. Thus, 
     conditioning the use of federal funds in order to direct 
     appropriate spending goals and purposes are constitutionally 
     permissible. As the spending is national in scope and 
     pertains to all National Fish Hatcheries, and the conditions 
     are clear, the legislation is constitutional.
            By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       H.R. 5027.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution provides Congress 
     the authority to make all laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper to carry 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. ISRAEL:
       H.R. 5028.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the 
     Congress by Article I, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. LIPINSKI:
       H.R. 5029.
       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; and
       Article I, 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.
            By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 5030.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the Constitution: ``The 
     Congress shall have Power to establish Post Offices and post 
     Roads''
           By Mr. SMITH of Texas:
       H.R. 5031.
       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; and
       Article I, 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.

                          ____________________