[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H182]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. GOHMERT:
       H.R. 311.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, Section 8, Clause 18: ``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 . . .;'' 
     and
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: ``No money shall be drawn 
     from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made 
     by Law.''