[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 43 (Thursday, March 17, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H1463]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. BRAT:
       H.R. 4791.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       American immigration law stems from Congress' power to 
     ``establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization'' (Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 4) and to ``regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations'' (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). Only Congress has 
     the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and 
     Excises'' (Article I, Section 8, Clause 1), and Article I, 
     Section 9, Clause 1 states that ``No Money shall be drawn 
     from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made 
     by Law,'' explicitly requiring congressional authorization 
     for funds to be spent. Furthermore, it is clearly both 
     ``necessary and proper'' (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18) 
     that Congress maintain control over funds through 
     appropriations to ensure that the President ``take Care that 
     the Laws be faithfully executed'' (Article II, Section 3).