[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 31 (Thursday, March 3, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H1576]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. FILNER:
        H.R. 917.
        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, 3, and 18), which grant 
     Congress the power to provide for the general welfare of the 
     United States; to regulate Commerce among the several States; 
     and to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.