[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12861]
[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. FRELINGHUYSEN:
       H.R. 3672.
       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. COFFMAN:
       H.R. 3673.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 states that ``The Congress 
     shall have the power to regulate commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes.''
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 3674.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
           By Mr. COOPER:
       H.R. 3675.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sections 8 and 9 of the Constitution of the 
     United States.
           By Mr. JONES:
       H.R. 3676.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Actile I, Section 8, and Article III, Section 1 which give 
     the Congress power to establish and limit the jurisdiction of 
     lower federal courts as well as Article III, Section 2 which 
     gives Congress the power to make exceptions to Supreme Court 
     regulations.
           By Mr. NORCROSS:
       H.R. 3677.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
           By Ms. NORTON:
       H.R. 3678.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. REED:
       H.R. 3679.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I and Amendment XVI of the 
     United States Constitution.
           By Mr. ZELDIN:
       H.R. 3680.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

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