[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 129 (Friday, September 21, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H6277]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 6482.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the authority under Article I, Section 9, 
     Clause 7, ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in 
     Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.'' It is within 
     Congress' power to regulate the appropriation of money from 
     the Treasury and this bill is directly related to this 
     authority to ensure cost saving calculations are taken into 
     account into the budgeting and appropriation of such funds.