[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 47 (Monday, April 4, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H2293]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. REHBERG:
       H.R. 1358.
       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 . . . .''