[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 13440-13441]
[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. LYNCH:
       H.R. 5229.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
           By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky:
       H.R. 5230.
       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. BENTIVOLIO:
       H.R. 5231.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, clause 2
       ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all 
     needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or 
     other Property belonging to the United States:''
           By Mr. DOGGETT:
       H.R. 5232.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. HOLDING:
       H.R. 5233.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution; and, Article I, Section 8, clause 8 of the 
     United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises 
     legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to 
     promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing 
     for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive 
     Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries'' and 
     Article III.
           By Ms. SHEA-PORTER:
       H.R. 5234.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. ENGEL:
       H.R. 5235.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       the authority delineated in Article I Section I, which 
     includes an implied power for the Congress to regulate the 
     conduct of the United States with respect to foreign affairs.
           By Mr. MARCHANT:
       H.R. 5236.
       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.
           By Mr. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 5237.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, of the United States Constitution
           By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
       H.R. 5238.
       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, Clauses 1, 4, and 18 of 
     the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. POCAN:
       H.R. 5239.
       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. THOMPSON of Mississippi:
       H.R. 5240.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.
           By Mr. CONNOLLY:
       H.R. 5241.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is introduced pursuant to the authority 
     delineated in Article I section I, which includes an implied 
     power for the Congress to regulate the conduct of the United 
     States with respect to foreign affairs.
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 5242.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8
           By Mr. DeSANTIS:
       H.R. 5243.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 3
           By Ms. ESTY:
       H.R. 5244.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8
       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 welfard of the United States;
       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. JONES:
       H.R. 5245.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to the 
     Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. JORDAN:
       H.R. 5246.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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. KIND:
       H.R. 5247.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8.
           By Ms. LEE of California:
       H.R. 5248.
       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. MORAN:
       H.R. 5249.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 5250.
       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. OWENS:
       H.R. 5251.
       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. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 5252.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clauses 1 and 3
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 5253.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 4
           By Ms. SINEMA:
       H.R. 5254.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8
           By Mr. CARNEY:
       H.J. Res. 121.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V of the United States Constitution: ``The 
     Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it 
     necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, 
     on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the 
     several States, shall call a Convention for proposing 
     Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all 
     Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when 
     ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several 
     States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the 
     one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the 
     Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior 
     to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any 
     Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth 
     Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its 
     Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the 
     Senate.''


     

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