[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 29, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H2039]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. ROONEY:
       H.R. 1245.
       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 13 and 14, which grants Congress 
     the power to provide and maintain a Navy and to make rules 
     for the government and regulation of the land and naval 
     forces, Clause 1, which grants Congress the power to provide 
     for the general welfare of the United States, and Clause 18, 
     which grants Congress the power to make all laws necessary 
     and proper for carrying out the foregoing powers.