[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 27 (Friday, February 18, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H1362-H1363]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas:
       H.R. 685.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Necessary and Proper Regulations to Effectuate Powers
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
       The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and

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     proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and 
     all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government 
     of the United States, or in any Department or Officer 
     thereof.

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