[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 13, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H503]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. MESSER:
        H.R. 668.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, which provides that, ``The 
     Congress shall have the 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,'' and Article 1, Section 9, 
     Clause 7, which provides that, ``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.''
       Section 1105(a) of Title 31, United States Code, requires 
     the President to submit to Congress the Administration's 
     annual budget request and stipulates the contents of that 
     submission. It is within the Constitutional Authority of 
     Congress to provide oversight and guidance on these 
     requirements.