[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 131 (Saturday, September 28, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H6012]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. KINGSTON:
       H.R. 3216.
       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.. . .''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have 
     the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common 
     Defence and general Welfare of the United States. . . .''
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 12 and 13: Congress shall 
     have power ``[t]o raise and support Armies . . .'' and ``[t]o 
     provide and maintain a Navy.''