[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 22, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H4458]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. GOHMERT:
        H.R. 2283.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.
       ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the 
     common Defense and general Welfare a the United States . . 
     .''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 11.
       ``The Congress shall have power . . . To declare War, grant 
     Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning 
     Captures on Land and Water.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 12.
       ``The Congress shall have power . . . To raise and support 
     Armies . . .''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
       ``Congress shall have the power . . . [t]o make all Laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution . . . all other Powers vested by this Constitution 
     in the Government of the United States.''