[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 22 (Thursday, February 9, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H693]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            Mr. POMPEO:
        H.R. 3994.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The principal constitutional authority for this legislation 
     is Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 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. . .''