[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 19917-19918]
[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. CUMMINGS:
H.R. 4194.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. JONES:
       H.R. 4195.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 5, and Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. NOLAN:
       H.R. 4196.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 4197.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 Clause 18
           By Mr. BRAT:
       H.R. 4198.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 gives Congress power to 
     raise revenue for spending on the general welfare. Pursuant 
     to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, it is necessary and 
     proper that Congress provides guidelines for the manner in 
     which public funds are spent.
           By Mr. DUFFY:
           H.R. 4199.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, section 3, clause 2 and Article I, section 8, 
     clause 4.
           By Mr. GIBSON:
       H.R. 4200.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8.
           By Mr. HASTINGS:
       H.R. 4201.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I Sec.  8
           By Mr. KATKO:
       H.R. 4202.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution: 
     The Congress shall have the Power to dispose of and make all 
     needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or 
     other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in 
     this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any 
     Claims of the United States, or any particular State.
           By Mr. LIPINSKI:
       H.R. 4203.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       article I, section 8, clause 3 of the US Constitution
           By Mr. MacARTHUR:
       H.R. 4204.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. McCAUL:
       H.R. 4205.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 3
           By Mr. SARBANES:
       H.R. 4206.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Paragraph 1
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 4207.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall have the power to 
     lay and collect taxes, duties; imposts, and exercises, to pay 
     the debts and provide for the common defense and general 
     welfare of the United States.

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           By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky:
       H.J. Res. 75.
       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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