Home > Congressional Record > January 11, 2019 > House Section > Page H519

January 11, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 6 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

Entire Issue (PDF)Browse By Date

Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 491; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 6
(House of Representatives - January 11, 2019)

Text available as:

Formatting necessary for an accurate reading of this text may be shown by tags (e.g., <DELETED> or <BOLD>) or may be missing from this TXT display. For complete and accurate display of this text, see the PDF.


[Page H519]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. GOHMERT:
       H.R. 491.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution 
     sets forth the power of appropriations and states that ``No 
     Money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in Consequence of 
     Appropriations made by Law. . . .''
       In addition, Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 states that 
     ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts 
     and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the 
     United States. . . .''
       Also, Article I, Section 8, Clauses 12 and 13 states that 
     Congress shall have power ``to raise and support Armies . . 
     .'' and ``to provide and maintain a Navy.''