[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 20 (Friday, February 8, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H431]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. McKEON:
       H.R. 593.
       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 provide for the common Defence'', 
     ``to raise and support Armies'', ``to provide and maintain a 
     Navy'' and ``to make Rules for the Government and Regulation 
     of the land and naval Forces'' as enumerated in Article I, 
     section 8 of the United States Constitution.