[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 58 (Thursday, April 25, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2353]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. POSEY:
       H.R. 1756.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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 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 Powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any 
     Department or Officer thereof.