[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 34 (Tuesday, March 8, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H1620]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. McCAUL:
       H.R. 951.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 of the Constitution of the 
     United States reads: `` No money shall be drawn from the 
     Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . 
     . .'' This establishes the congressional power of the purse 
     which grants Congress the authority to appropriate funds and 
     place limits and conditions on their use.