[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 84 (Friday, May 29, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H3581-H3582]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. DIAZ-BALART:
        H.R. 2577.
        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 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

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     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.