[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4428-4429]
[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. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 4954.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18 of 
     the Constitution.
            By Mr. RENACCI:
       H.R. 4955.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, 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 Defence and general Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.
       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. TOM PRICE of Georgia:
       H.R. 4956.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted Congress 
     under Article I of the United States Constitution, including 
     the power granted Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 
     18, of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. CARSON of Indiana:
       H.R. 4957.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana:
       H.R. 4958.
       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 carryin 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. BUCSHON:
       H.R. 4959.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. FOSTER:
       H.R. 4960.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7: ``The Congress 
     shall have Power . . . To establish Post Offices and post 
     roads''
            By Mr. GIBSON:
       H.R. 4961.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The ability to regulate interstate commerce pursuant to 
     Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1.
            By Mr. HIMES:
       H.R. 4962.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``The 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. KING of New York:
       H.R. 4963.
       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,

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     to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
           By Mr. LAMBORN:
       H.R. 4964.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. 1, Sec. 8:
       ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the 
     common Defence . . .
       To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money 
     to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
       To provide and maintain a Navy;
       To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces.''
            By Mr. TED LIEU of California:
       H.R. 4965.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Article 1, Section 8.
            By Mr. TED LIEU of California:
       H.R. 4966.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Article 1, Section 8.
            By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
       H.R. 4967.
       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 to make rules for the government and 
     regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico:
           H.R. 4968.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. MEEHAN:
       H.R. 4969.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to: Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. SALMON:
       H.R. 4970.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Ms. SPEIER:
       H.R. 4971.
       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 Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN:
       H.R. 4972.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN:
       H.R. 4973.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
            By Mr. DENT:
       H.R. 4974.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to clause 7(c) of rule XII of the Rules of the 
     House of Representatives, the following statement is 
     submitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress 
     in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint 
     resolution.
       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. BYRNE:
       H.J. Res. 87.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States

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