[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 25 (Monday, February 13, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H1126]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. MESSER:
       H.R. 1024.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, which provides that, ``The 
     Congress shall have the Power to lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts, and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States,'' and Article 1, Section 9, 
     Clause 7, which provides that, ``No money shall be drawn from 
     the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by 
     Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and 
     Expenditures of all public Money shall be publish from time 
     to time.''