[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 58 (Thursday, April 25, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2352]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. POSEY:
        H.R. 1726.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 of the Constitution of the 
     United States: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and 
     of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and 
     Measures;;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 of the Constitution of the 
     United States: To raise and support Armies, but no 
     Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term 
     than two Years;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 16 of the Constitution of the 
     United States: To provide for calling forth the Militia to 
     execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and 
     repel Invasions;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the 
     United States: The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution the forgoing Powers, and all other vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United St Department or 
     Officer thereof