[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 41 (Thursday, March 17, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H1987]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois:
        H.R. 1187.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       According to clause 7 of Section 9 of Article I of the 
     Constitution, Congress has the authority to control the 
     expenditures of the federal government.