[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 1 (Thursday, January 3, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H35]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN:
        H.R. 79.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress the 
     authority to tax and spend for the general welfare.