[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 41 (Thursday, March 17, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H1987]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. COURTNEY:
       H.R. 1176.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority for this legislation can be 
     found in Article I, Clause 8, Section 18, that grants 
     Congress the power to make all laws necessary and proper for 
     carrying out the powers vested by Congress in the 
     Constitution of the United States or in any department or 
     officer thereof.