[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 27, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H702]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. JORDAN:
        H.R. 859.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7
       ``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.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
       ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other 
     Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof''