[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 4 (Friday, January 9, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H190]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. BYRNE:
       H.J. Res. 12.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this joint resolution 
     is based is found in Article V of the Constitution, which 
     grants Congress the authority, whenever two thirds of both 
     chambers deem it necessary, to propose amendments to the 
     Constitution.