[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 53 (Tuesday, April 12, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H2605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 1496.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation is authorized by Article I, Section 8 of 
     the Constitution:
       ``To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign 
     Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
       To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the 
     Securities and current Coin of the United States.''