[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 29, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H1512]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. GRAVES of Missouri:
       H.R. 3974.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
       ``. . . and provide for the common defense and general 
     welfare of the United States . . .''
       ``. . . to make all Laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers . . 
     .''
       This legislation seeks to extend the TRICARE eligibility of 
     military dependent children to age 26. Therefore, it will 
     affect the common defense and general welfare of the United 
     States.