[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 97 (Friday, June 20, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H5597-H5598]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. SIMPSON:
       H.R. 4923.
       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 of the Constitution of 
     the United

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     States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money 
     shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of 
     Appropriations made by Law. . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of 
     section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending 
     power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to 
     pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general 
     Welfare of the United States. . . .'' Together, these 
     specific constitutional provisions establish the 
     congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the 
     authority to appropriate funds, to determine their purpose, 
     amount, and period of availability, and to set forth terms 
     and conditions governing their use.