[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 31, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mrs. ROBY:
        H.R. 3844.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress in regards to appropriations, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 7, Clause 1, Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause I, and Article 1, Section 9 of the United 
     States Constitution.
       Article I, Section 7, Clause 1 (Bills of Revenue):
       ``All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the 
     House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or 
     concur with Amendments as on other Bills.''
       Article I, Section 8 (Enumerated Powers of Congress):
       ``The Congress shall have power To lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common defence and general Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.''
       Article I, Section 9 (Limits on Congress):
       ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in 
     Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular 
     Statement and Account of Receipts and Expenditures of all 
     public Money shall be published from time to time.''