[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12803]
[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. HOYER:
       H.R. 5168.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the 
     United States
           By Mr. WALBERG:
       H.R. 5169.
       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 Mr. MEADOWS:
       H.R. 5170.
       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 Mr. CALVERT:
       H.R. 5171.
       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. JOHNSON of Ohio:
       H.R. 5172.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, Clauses 14 and 18 of the Constitution 
     of the United States.
           By Mr. CASSIDY:
       H.R. 5173.
       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. CONNOLLY:
       H.R. 5174.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States
           By Mr. LANCE:
       H.R. 5175.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress shall have the power to . . . regulate 
     commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, 
     and with the Indian tribes.
           By Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico:
       H.R. 5176.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. MAFFEI:
       H.R. 5177.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution.
           By Mr. PAULSEN:
       H.R. 5178.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. RICHMOND:
       H.R. 5179.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority for this bill stems from 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 and from Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. ROSS:
       H.R. 5180.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 (The Congress shall have the 
     Power ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States and with the Indian Tribes'') and Article 
     1, Section 8, Clause 18 (The Congress shall have the 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. SPEIER:
       H.R. 5181.
       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 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. TAKANO:
       H.R. 5182.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 5183.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution which states, ``(t)he 
     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. BUTTERFIELD:
       H.J. Res. 120.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution of the 
     United States of America.

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