[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 16 (Monday, February 4, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H344]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. HUNTER:
       H.R. 484.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clauses 1 and 18
       ``The Congress shall have the power to . . . provide for 
     the common defense and general welfare of the United 
     States.''
       ``To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into execution the foregoing powers. . .''.