[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 5, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H46]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. ROYCE:
       H.R. 156.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, provided by Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, which 
     reads: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with Indian Tribes.
       The Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act imposes sanctions on 
     individuals who are nationals of Vietnam that the President 
     determines are complicit in human rights abuses committed 
     against nationals of Vietnam or their family members. 
     Sanctions include prohibition of entry and admission to the 
     United States and imposition of the International Emergency 
     Economic Powers Act, including blocking of property, and 
     restricting or prohibiting financial transactions and the 
     exportation and importation of property by the individual.