[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 11, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H4433]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. WALKER:
        H.R. 3217.
        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) . . .''

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