[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 209 (Thursday, December 21, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H10420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. KINZINGER:
        H.R. 4713.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (Legislative Vesting 
     Clause): ``The Congress shall have the Power--To lay and 
     collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debst 
     and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the 
     United States . . .''
        Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper 
     Clause): ``The Congress shall have the Power--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 any Department or Officer thereof.''
        Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 (Appropriations Clause): 
     ``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.''