[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6037-6039]
[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. HENSARLING:
       H.R. 10.
       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'');
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 (``To coin Money, regulate 
     the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard 
     of Weights and Measures'');
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 6 (``To provide for the 
     Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin 
     of the United States''); and
       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. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.R. 2146.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitution of the United States Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 and Clause 18.
           By Mr. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 2147.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.
           By Mr. PITTENGER:
       H.R. 2148.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 1: All legislative Powers herein shall be 
     vested in a Congress of the United States
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 2149.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 2150.
       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. POCAN:
       H.R. 2151.
       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

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     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
           By Mr. POE of Texas:
       H.R. 2152.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. ROTHFUS:
       H.R. 2153.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
           By Mr. CRAMER:
       H.R. 2154.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is in 
     section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. WALBERG:
       H.R. 2155.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States; the power to regulate commerce among the 
     several states
           By Mr. KNIGHT:
       H.R. 2156.
       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 porper for 
     carrying into Execution and foregoing Powers, and all other 
     Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States, or in any Department or Officer therof.''
           By Mr. BRAT:
       H.R. 2157.
       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; and nothing in 
     this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any 
     Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.''
           By Mr. BEYER:
       H.R. 2158.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution.
           By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 2159.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
            By Mr. CRIST:
       H.R. 2160.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. CURBELO of Florida:
       H.R. 2161.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4: The Congress shall have 
     Power To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and 
     uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the 
     United States.
            By Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 2162.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 2163.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 2164.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. GALLAGHER:
       H.R. 2165.
       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. GOHMERT:
       H.R. 2166.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution 
     sets forth the power of appropriations and states that ``No 
     Money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in Consequence of 
     Appropriations made by Law. . . .''
       In addition, Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 states that 
     ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts 
     and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the 
     United States. . . .''
       Also, Article I, Section 8, Clauses 12 and 13 states that 
     Congress shall have power ``to raise and support Armies . . 
     .'' and ``to provide and maintain a Navy.''
            By Mr. GRIFFITH:
       H.R. 2167.
       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. ISSA:
       H.R. 2168.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. KATKO:
       H.R. 2169.
       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. LaMALFA:
       H.R. 2170.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution
            By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia:
       H.R. 2171.
       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 Mrs. LOVE:
       H.R. 2172.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. MATSUI:
       H.R. 2173.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS:
       H.R. 2174.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 7, Clause 1: ``All Bills for raising 
     Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but 
     the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other 
     Bills.''
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: ``No Money shall be drawn 
     from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made 
     by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts 
     and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from 
     time to time.''
            By Mrs. MURPHY of Florida:
       H.R. 2175.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     which gives Congress the power to provide for the common 
     defense and to make all laws necessary and proper to carry 
     out this power.
            By Mrs. MURPHY of Florida:
       H.R. 2176.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, 
     which gives Congress the power to provide for the common 
     defense and to make all laws necessary and proper to carry 
     out this power.
            By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 2177.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 2178.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution.
            By Mr. ROUZER:
       H.R. 2179.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       The Congress shall have the Power to lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debt 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 Ms. SPEIER:
       H.R. 2180.
       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 Mr. TIBERI:
       H.R. 2181.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I
            By Mr. ZELDIN:
       H.R. 2182.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Sections 8 & 9 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN:
       H.J. Res. 99.

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       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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