[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5124-5125]
[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. GUINTA:
       H.R. 5048.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
       The Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall 
     be necessary and proper
           By Mr. LOUDERMILK:
       H.R. 5049.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18:
       The Congress shall have 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 
     Consitution in the government of the United States, or in any 
     department or officer thereof.
           By Mr. UPTON:
       H.R. 5050.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. KILMER:
       H.R. 5051.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution.
           By Mr. McCARTHY:
       H.R. 5052
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. ROSKAM:
       H.R. 5053.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       a) Article I, Section 1, which states, ``All legislative 
     Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the 
     United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of 
     Representatives''; and
       b) Article I, Section 7, which states, ``All Bills for 
     raising Revenue shall originate in

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     the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or 
     concur with Amendments as on other Bills''; and
       c) Article I, Section 8, which states, ``The Congress shall 
     have Power To lay and collect Taxes,'' ``To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes,'' and ``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. ADERHOLT:
       H.R. 5054.
       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. SIMPSON:
       H.R. 5055.
       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. KEATING:
       H.R. 5056.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. KEATING:
       H.R. 5057.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mrs. BEATTY:
       H.R. 5058.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8:
       ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes;''
           By Ms. BROWN of Florida:
       H.R. 5059.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, Sec. 8, Cls. 18
       The Congress shall have Power *** To make any Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
           By Ms. JUDY CHU of California:
       H.R. 5060.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States 
     Constitution
           By Mrs. DAVIS of California:
       H.R. 5061.
       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 Defence and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''
       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 Ms. DUCKWORTH:
       H.R. 5062.
       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 of America
           By Mr. GOODLATTE:
       H.R. 5063.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the 
     Appropriations Power granted to Congress by that section; 
     Article I, Section 7, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the 
     legislative powers granted to Congress by that section; 
     Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative 
     power granted to Congress by that clause ``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. HANNA:
       H.R. 5064.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       The Congress shall have the power to . . . regulate 
     Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, 
     and with Indian Tribes.
           By Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER:
       H.R. 5065.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
           By Mr. HIGGINS:
       H.R. 5066.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. LEWIS:
       H.R. 5067.
       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. LONG:
       H.R. 5068.
       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. McDERMOTT:
       H.R. 5069.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
           By Mr. PASCRELL:
       H.R. 5070.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. POLIQUIN:
       H.R. 5071.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 gives Congress the power to ``Regulate 
     commerce with foreign Nations''
           By Mrs. TORRES:
       H.R. 5072.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
       necessary and proper clause
           By Mr. FRANKS of Arizona:
       H.J. Res. 91.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article V: ``The Congress, whenever two thirds of both 
     Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to 
     this Constitution''

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