Statement and Account Clause

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constitutional clause provision of the United States Constitution

The Statement and Account Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that requires the federal government to regularly publish a public accounting of all money received and spent.

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Label	Occurrences
Statement and Account Clause canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional clause ⓘ provision of the United States Constitution ⓘ
aimsToProtect	public oversight of government finances ⓘ taxpayer knowledge of government spending ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Accounts Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ Statement and Accounts Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ Statement of Accounts Clause ⓘ
appliesTo	Treasury of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ expenditures of all public money ⓘ federal government of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ receipts of all public money ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfOrigin	1788 ⓘ
draftedAt	Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ
draftedIn	1787 ⓘ
effectiveFrom	June 21, 1788 ⓘ
enforcedBy	United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundIn	Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs	public disclosure of federal receipts and expenditures ⓘ publication of federal financial statements ⓘ
hasDomain	constitutional law ⓘ government transparency ⓘ public finance ⓘ
hasEffectOn	federal accounting practices ⓘ federal budgeting process ⓘ public access to information about federal finances ⓘ
hasLegalEffect	requires periodic publication of statements and accounts of public money ⓘ requires that no money be drawn from the Treasury except by appropriations made by law ⓘ
hasPurpose	to ensure fiscal transparency of the federal government ⓘ to inform the public about government receipts and expenditures ⓘ to promote accountability in federal spending ⓘ
hasText	"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." ⓘ
hasType	fiscal clause ⓘ transparency clause ⓘ
inLanguage	English ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
isBasisFor	federal financial reporting requirements ⓘ statutory requirements for publication of federal budget information ⓘ
locatedInDocument	Article I of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	United States Constitution ⓘ
relatedTo	Appropriations Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ congressional control over public funds ⓘ power of the purse ⓘ
requires	publication of a public accounting of all money received and spent by the federal government ⓘ regular statement of receipts and expenditures of all public money ⓘ
scope	all public money of the United States ⓘ

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Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution → containsClause → Statement and Account Clause ⓘ