[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 28, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H1392]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia:
       H.R. 1243.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 (Clauses 1, 14, and 18), which grants 
     Congress the power to provide for the common Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States; to make rules for the 
     Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; and 
     to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.