[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 121 (Friday, August 5, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H5897]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia:
       H.R. 2811.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the procedural power 
     granted to the House of Representatives pursuant to Article 
     I, Section 7, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution. 
     This bill is enacted pursuant to the appropriations powers 
     enumerated to Congress in Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of 
     the United States Constitution. This bill is enacted in 
     fidelity to the powers vested in Congress in Article I, 
     Section 1 of the United States Constitution and to prohibit 
     encroachment of individual rights granted in Amendment IX and 
     state's rights granted in Amendment X of the United States 
     Constitution.