[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 46 (Tuesday, April 9, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H1859]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
        H.R. 1441.
       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 Defense and 
     general welfare of the United States through passage of Laws 
     that are necessary and proper, as enumerated in Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 18.