[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 196 (Wednesday, December 12, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H10169-H10170]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mrs. LOWEY:
        H.R. 7264.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The principal constitutional authority for this legislation 
     is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States (the appropriation power), which states:
       ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in 
     Consequence of Appropriations made by Law. . . .''
       In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the 
     Constitution (the spending power) provides:
       ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts 
     and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the 
     United States . . .''
       Together, these specific constitutional provisions 
     establish the congressional power of

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     the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate 
     funds, to determine their purpose, amount, and period of 
     availability, and to set forth terms and conditions governing 
     their use.