[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 99 (Wednesday, July 6, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H4672]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia:
       H.R. 2419.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, which states that 
     Congress, among other things:
       ``Shall have Power To raise and support Armies, but no 
     Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term 
     than two Years; To provide and maintain a Navy''