[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 55 (Thursday, April 14, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H2856]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. HUNTER:
       H.R. 1551.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution 
     sets for the power of appropriations states that ``No Money 
     shall be drawn from the Treasury but in Consequence of 
     Appropriations made by Law. . . .'' In addition, Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 1 states that ``The Congress shall have the 
     Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common 
     Defence and general Welfare of the United States. . . .''
       Also, Article I, section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution (clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18), which grants 
     Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to provide 
     and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government and 
     regulation of the land and naval forces; to provide for 
     organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia; and to make 
     all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the foregoing 
     powers.