[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 95 (Thursday, June 21, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H3975]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 5997.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which 
     grants Congress the power to provide for the common Defense 
     of the United States, and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of 
     the Constitution of the United States, which provides 
     Congress the power to make ``all Laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper'' for carrying out the constitutional 
     powers vested in the Government of the United States.