[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 19 (Tuesday, February 8, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H552]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 542.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution (Clauses 1, 3, 14, and 18), which grant 
     Congress the power to provide for the general welfare of the 
     United States; to regulate Commerce among the several States; 
     to make rules for the Government; and to make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers.