[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. 543.
       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, 17, and 18), which 
     grant Congress the power to provide for the general welfare 
     of the United States; to regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States; to make rules for the 
     Government; To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases 
     whatsoever, over . . . other needful Buildings; and to make 
     all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying 
     into Execution the foregoing Powers.