[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 65 (Thursday, May 12, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H3280]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. BISHOP of Utah:
       H.R. 1874.
       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 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; to provide for organizing the militia, and to make 
     Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval 
     Forces, and to make all laws necessary and proper for 
     carrying out the foregoing powers.''