[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 22, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H223]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. HUNTER:
        H.R. 342.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution 
     sets the power of appropriations and 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), grant 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.