[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 142 (Friday, October 11, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H6545]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. KINGSTON:
       H.R. 3290.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The principal constitutional authority for this legislation 
     is clause 7 of section 9 of article I: ``No Money shall be 
     drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations 
     made by Law . . .''
       Clause 1 of section 8 of article I: ``The Congress shall 
     have the Power . . .to pay the Debts and provide for the 
     common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.''

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