[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 30 (Monday, February 27, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H966]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. GIBSON:
       H.R. 4092.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution 
     (clauses 10, 11, 14, and 18), which grants Congress the power 
     to define and punish offenses against the law of nations, to 
     make rules concerning captures on land and water; 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.

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