[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 5 (Friday, January 18, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mrs. EMERSON:
       H.J. Res. 18.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to propose Amendments to the United 
     States Constitution when two thirds of both Houses deem it 
     necessary, pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the 
     United States.