[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 3 (Friday, January 7, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mrs. EMERSON:
       H.R. 238.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to raise and maintain armed forces, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clauses 12, 13, and 14 of 
     the United States Constitution, as well as the power to lay 
     and collect taxes, provide for the common defense and general 
     welfare, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.