[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 174 (Tuesday, December 10, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H7627-H7628]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 3687.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Because this bill affects the national security of the 
     United States, in that it protects Federally-owned land 
     dedicated to national security from regulatory encroachment, 
     Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to 
     Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution which empowers Congress ``To . . . provide for 
     the common defence [sic] and general Welfare of the United 
     States,'' Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 11 through 16 which 
     give Congress additional authorities to ensure the national 
     security of the United States; and Article 1, Section 8, 
     Clause 18, which empowers Congress ``To make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers, and all other

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     Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''