[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 15, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H924]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 731.
       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 an uniform Rule of Naturalization and 
     to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.