[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 50 (Thursday, April 7, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H2535]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. FILNER:
        H.R. 1417.
        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 1, 14, and 18), which grants 
     Congress the power to provide for the general welfare of the 
     United States; to make Rules for the Government and 
     Regulation of the land and naval Forces; and to make all Laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution the foregoing Powers.