[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 36 (Thursday, March 10, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H1725]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. PIERLUISI:
       H.R. 1000.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to raise and support Armies, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 of the United 
     States Constitution, and to make all laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into execution such power 
     as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the 
     Constitution.