[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 92 (Friday, June 24, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H4576]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Ms. BUERKLE:
        H.R. 2372.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 7 of Section 9 of Article I states, ``No Money shall 
     be drawn from the Treasury but in Consequence of 
     Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and 
     Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money 
     shall be published from time to time.''
       and
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I states, ``The Congress 
     shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.''