[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 194 (Wednesday, November 29, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H9516]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. LANCE:
        H.R. 4481.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 5: ``Each House may determine the Rules 
     of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly 
     behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a 
     Member.''
       Article I Section 8: ``The Congress shall have power to lay 
     and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the 
     debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare 
     of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises 
     shall be uniform throughout the United States.''
       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.''