[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 11828-11829]
[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. ENGEL:
       H.R. 3119.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.
            By Mrs. MILLER of Michigan:
       H.R. 3120.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. KIND:
       H.R. 3121.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8.
            By Mr. HURT of Virginia:
       H.R. 3122.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 18
            By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia:
       H.R. 3123.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 3 of the United 
     States Constitution
            By Mr. BLUMENAUER:
       H.R. 3124.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Ms. JACKSON LEE:
       H.R. 3125.
       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 3 and 18 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Mr. ABRAHAM:
       H.R. 3126.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. ABRAHAM:
       H.R. 3127.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I clause 8, section 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
           By Mr. CARTER of Texas:
       H.R. 3128.
       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. CRAWFORD:
       H.R. 3129.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the enumerated powers listed in Article I, Section 8, 
     which include the power to ``regulate commerce . . . among 
     the several States . . .''
            By Mrs. DINGELL:
       H.R. 3130.
       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. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 3131.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:
       H.R. 3132.
       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. BENISHEK:
       H.R. 3133.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8 which 
     allows Congress to regulate trade amongst the Indian Tribes. 
     This bill is enacted pursuant to treaties lawfully entered 
     into and ratified pursuant to the power granted to Congress 
     under Article II, Section 2, Clause 2. This bill is enacted 
     pursuant to Article III Section 2 which grants Congress power 
     to regulate jurisdiction in courts inferior to the United 
     States Supreme Court.
            By Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 3134.
       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 1 and Article I, 
     Section 9, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 3135.
       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. BLUM:
       H.R. 3136.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. COLE:
       H.R. 3137.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8 which 
     grants Congress the power to regulate Commerce with the 
     Indian Tribes.
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article II, Section 2, 
     Clause 2 in order the enforce treaties made between the 
     United States and several Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia:
       H.R. 3138.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 of the United States 
     Constitution which states that Congress shall have the power 
     ``To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money 
     to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 13 of the United States 
     Constitution which states that Congress shall have the power 
     ``To provide and maintain a Navy.''
       The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution 
     which states that ``A well regulated Militia, being necessary 
     to the security of a free State, the right of the people to 
     keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.''
            By Mr. HUNTER:
       H.R. 3139.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8: 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 Sates, or in any 
     Department or Officer thereof.
            By Mr. LIPINSKI:
       Hit. 3140.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 3 of section of article I of the Constitution
            By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 3141.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Ms. MATSUI:
       H.R. 3142.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 3143.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.
            By Mr. PAYNE:
       H.R. 3144.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article 1 Section 8 Clause 14 states Congress shall have 
     the power to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of 
     the land and naval Forces.
            By Mr. PERRY:
       H.R. 3145.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. PERRY:
       H.R. 3146.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Second Amendment: A well regulated Militia, being 
     necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the 
     people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
            By Mr. PETERS:
       H.R. 3147.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. SHIMKUS:
       H.R. 3148.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. PERLMUTTER:
       H.J. Res. 60.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       To make all Lawes which shall be necessary and proper ffor 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other 
     Powers vested by this Consitution in the Government of the 
     United States, or in any Deparment or Officer thereof.

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