[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 15, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H1843]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. HUNTER:
       H.R. 1091.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Article 1, Section 8, which grants Congress 
     with the authority to provide for the common defense and 
     general welfare of the United States and Clause 18 of Article 
     1, Section 8, which allows the authority to make laws deemed 
     necessary and proper.