The money was appropriated, but never used. It’s there to be used in an emergency. The Constitution has no problem with the President using the powers given him by Congress in 1972.
Thank you, Eleutheria5, for clarifying exactly what Team Constitution means, and why POTUS is right (again).
To heck with Rue Paul. He’s one of the usual suspects that tends to grab defeat, from the jaws of victory :(