[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11105]
[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. BIGGS:
       H.R. 3276.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. BIGGS:
       H.R. 3277.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. BIGGS:
       H.R. 3278.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
           By Mr. COOK:
       H.R. 3279.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 and Article I, Section 8, 
     clause 18
           By Mr. GRAVES of Georgia:
       H.R. 3280.
       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. LAMBORN:
       H.R. 3281.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 18 and Article IV, section 3, 
     clause 2
           By Mr. BABIN:
       H.R. 3282.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
           By Mr. DONOVAN:
       H.R. 3283.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       United States Constitution Article I, Section 8
           By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 3284.
       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. HIGGINS of Louisiana:
       H.R. 3285.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. Art. I, Sec. 8. cl. 18
           By Mr. HUFFMAN:
       H.R. 3286.
       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. HUFFMAN:
       H.R. 3287.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire:
       H.R. 3288.
       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. LATTA:
       H.R. 3289.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: Congress shall have the 
     Power . . . ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.''
           By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 3290.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
           By Mr. RYAN of Ohio:
       H.R. 3291.
       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. SMITH of Missouri:
       H.R. 3292.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 1 provides Congress the power 
     to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises.''
           By Ms. TENNEY:
       H.R. 3293.
       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 provide for the common defense,'' 
     as enumerated in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. 
     Constitution.

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