[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 79 (Thursday, May 21, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H3564]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Ms. McSALLY:
       H.R. 2551.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have 
     Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, 
     to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''
       Article 1, Section 8, Clasue 12; ``The Congress shall have 
     the power to . . . raise and support armies . . .
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 13 ``To provide and maintain a 
     navy'' And,
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18; ``To make all laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution''