[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 30, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H2108]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. McCAUL:
        H.R. 1270.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation is authorized by the United States 
     Constitution under Article I, Section 8, ``Congress shall 
     have the power . . . To define and punish piracies and 
     felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the 
     law of nations;''