[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. 717.
       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 and 18), which grants Congress 
     the power to provide for the common Defence and general 
     Welfare of the United States; and to make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers.

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