[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 112 (Thursday, June 29, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H5378]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. LONG:
        H.R. 3141.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8--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 or in any 
     Department of Officer thereof.
       Article I, Section 9--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 published from time 
     to time.