[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 11 (Friday, January 20, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H560]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. BRAT:
        H.R. 591.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       American immigration law stems from Congress' powers to 
     ``establish an 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 7 states that ``No Money shall be drawn 
     from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made 
     by Law,'' designating Congress as the final authority to 
     control or limit the spending of the federal government . 
     Furthermore, it is 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).