[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 19 (Tuesday, February 8, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H551]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. CUELLAR:
       H.R. 538.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause: the 
     U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8: Powers of Congress, 
     Clause 18.
       The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the 
     foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the government of the United States, or in 
     any department or officer thereof.

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