[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. McGOVERN:
       H.R. 996.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitution's instruction `` to provide for the common 
     defense''; and under Article I, Section 8, the clause 
     stating, ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and 
     all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States, or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof.''