[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 84 (Wednesday, June 6, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H3577]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California:
       H.R. 5904.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act is authorized 
     under Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution 
     which provides that Congress shall have to power to ``define 
     and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, 
     and offences against the law of nations''

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