[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 15, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H923]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 713.
       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 4 and 18), which grants Congress 
     the power to establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization; and 
     to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.