[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H331]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. BUCK:
       H.R. 4371.
       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 1, section 8 of Article I of the United 
     States Constitution of the United States which states: ``The 
     Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, 
     Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts, and provide for the 
     common Defense 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.