[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H3094]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. CONYERS:
        H.R. 5313.
        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 which states, ``No Money 
     shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of 
     Appropriations made by Law . . .'' and clause 3 of section 8 
     of Article I, which provides that, Congress shall have power 
     to ``regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes.'' In addition, 
     clause 1 of section 8 of Article I provides that ``Congress 
     shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States . 
     . .'' and clause 18 of section 8 of Article I that states 
     that Congress shall have power to ``make all Laws which shall 
     be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States . . .'' 
     Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish 
     the congressional power to establish and appropriate funds, 
     to determine its purpose, amount, period of availability, 
     means of access, and to set forth terms and conditions 
     governing its use.