[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 21 (Thursday, February 10, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H682]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. DUFFY:
       H.R. 620.
       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 . . . .''