[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 48 (Thursday, April 11, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H1957]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 1502.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, to 
     ``provide for the common defense and general welfare of the 
     United States.''