[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10879-10880]
[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. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 3216.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 3217.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. ROE of Tennessee:
       H.R. 3218.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Ms. GRANGER:
       H.R. 3219.
       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. SMITH of Missouri:
       H.R. 3220.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the U.S. 
     Constitution, providing, in relevant part, that ``[t]he 
     Congress shall have the 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.'
           By Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee:
       H.R. 3221.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional Authority on which this bill rests is 
     the explicit power of Congress to regulate in commerce in and 
     among the states, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the United States 
     Constitution.
       Additionally, Article 1, Section 7, Clause 2 of the 
     Constitution allows for every bill passed by the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate and signed by the President to 
     be codified into law; and therefore implicitly allows 
     Congress to repeal any bill that has been passed by both 
     chambers and signed into law by the President.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       H.R. 3222.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United 
     States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws 
     necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in 
     Congress).
           By Mr. DUNN:
       H.R. 3223.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8--Congress has the authority to enact 
     all laws deemed necessary and proper.
           By Mr. HARPER:
       H.R. 3224.
       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. DeFAZIO:
       H.R. 3225.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (relating to the power to 
     make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the 
     powers vested in Congress)
           By Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico:
       H.R. 3226.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution
       ``All legislative power herein grated shall be vested in a 
     Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a 
     Senate and House of Representatives''
           By Mr. GRIJALVA:
       H.R. 3227.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec. 1 and 8.
           By Mr. HIMES:
       H.R. 3228.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution: 
     ``To make all Laws which shall be necessarry and proper for 
     carrying into the Execution the foregoing Powers, and all 
     other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of 
     the United States, or in any Department Officer thereof.
           By Mr. JEFFRIES:
       H.R. 3229.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 1: All legislative powers vested in a 
     Congress
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all laws necesary 
     and proper
           By Mr. LABRADOR:
       H.R. 3230.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 Clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. LONG:
       H.R. 3231.
       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 States or in any 
     Department or Officer thereof.
           By Mr. MAST:
       H.R. 3232.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Regulation of the land and naval Forces Clause in 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States 
     Constitution.
           By Mr. McKINLEY:
       H.R. 3233.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 3, to regulate commerce with 
     foreign nations
           By Mr. NEAL:
       H.R. 3234.
       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. NOEM:
       H.R. 3235.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
           By Mr. NUNES:
       H.R. 3236.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States.
           By Mr. ROHRABACHER:
       H.R. 3237.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9.
           By Mr. SANFORD:
       H.R. 3238.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
       H.R. 3239.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Fifteenth Amendment, Section 2, section 1 The right of 
     citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or 
     abridged by the U.S. or by any state on account of race, 
     color, or previous condition of servitude.
           By Mr. WELCH:
       H.R. 3240.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article 1, 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 Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States, or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof.

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