[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 10245-10246]
[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. YODER:
       H.R. 3162.
       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. TIBERI:
       H.R. 3163.
       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 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 3164.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       United States Constitution Article I Section 8
           By Mr. COLLINS of New York:
       H.R. 3165.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ARTICLE I, SECTION 8
           By Ms. JENKINS of Kansas:
       H.R. 3166.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8:
       The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts 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.
       Article I, Section 9:
       No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in 
     Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.
           By Mr. SCHWEIKERT:
       H.R. 3167.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution which 
     states in part: 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. TIBERI:
       H.R. 3168.
       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 1 of the United States 
     Constitution.

                          ADDITIONAL SPONSORS

  Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and 
resolutions, as follows:

       H.R. 126: Mr. Gonzalez of Texas.
       H.R. 149: Mr. Payne.
       H.R. 252: Mr. Conyers.
       H.R. 656: Mr. Arrington.
       H.R. 669: Ms. Slaughter.
       H.R. 849: Mr. Yoder, Mr. Williams, Ms. DeGette, and Mr. 
     McHenry.
       H.R. 931: Mr. Poe of Texas.
       H.R. 1002: Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania.
       H.R. 1038: Mr. Posey.
       H.R. 1057: Mr. Cramer.
       H.R. 1143: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania.

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       H.R. 1148: Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Ruiz, and Mr. 
     Goodlatte.
       H.R. 1155: Mr. Kind.
       H.R. 1163: Mrs. Hartzler.
       H.R. 1225: Ms. Lofgren.
       H.R. 1247: Mr. Faso.
       H.R. 1300: Mr. Jeffries.
       H.R. 1606: Mr. Graves of Georgia and Mr. Payne.
       H.R. 1928: Mr. Pearce.
       H.R. 2315: Mr. Collins of New York, Ms. Norton, Mr. Correa, 
     Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Turner, Mr. Marino, Mr. 
     Harper, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Austin 
     Scott of Georgia, and Ms. Granger.
       H.R. 2422: Mr. Levin, Ms. Castor of Florida, and Ms. Adams.
       H.R. 2694: Mr. Hunter.
       H.R. 2820: Mr. Faso.
       H.R. 2908: Mr. Himes and Mr. Polis.
       H.J. Res. 51: Mr. Chabot, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Babin, Mr. 
     Huizenga, Mr. Denham, Mr. Harper, Mr. Comer, Mr. Mullin, Ms. 
     DeGette, Mr. Arrington, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Rodney Davis of 
     Illinois, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Bishop of 
     Michigan, and Mr. McKinley.
       H. Con. Res. 8: Mr. Keating and Mr. Sherman.
       H. Con. Res. 59: Mr. McCarthy and Ms. Barragan.
       H. Res. 31: Mr. Evans, Mr. Ellison, and Ms. Bass.
       H. Res. 282: Mr. Meehan.
       H. Res. 362: Mr. Raskin, Mr. Khanna, and Mr. Smith of 
     Washington.
       H. Res. 419: Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Crist, Ms. Castor of 
     Florida, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Connolly, and Mr. Veasey.

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