[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 30 (Wednesday, March 2, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H1524]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. DENHAM:
       H.R. 869.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
       Page 311 U.S. 426.
       ``In our view, it cannot properly be said that the 
     constitutional power of the United States over its waters is 
     limited to control for navigation. By navigation, respondent 
     means no more than operation of boats and improvement of the 
     waterway itself. In truth, the authority of the United States 
     is the regulation of commerce on its waters. Navigability, in 
     the sense just stated, is but a part of this whole. Flood 
     protection, watershed development, recovery of the cost of 
     improvements through utilization of power are likewise parts 
     of commerce control.''