[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 2 (Thursday, January 6, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H103]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Ms. GIFFORDS:
       H.R. 204.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress is required by Article I, Section 6, of the 
     Constitution to determine its own pay. This legislation is 
     also consistent with the Twenty-Seventh Amendment of the 
     Constitution.