[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 19, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H355]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 327.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution (Clauses 1, 14, 16, and 18), which grant 
     Congress the power to provide for the common Defense and 
     general welfare of the United States; to make rules for the 
     Government; to provide for organizing, arming, and 
     disciplining the Militia, and for governing such Part of them 
     as may be employed in the Service of the United States; and 
     to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.