[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 56 (Friday, April 15, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H2915]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. CUELLAR:
       H.R. 1601.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF 
     CONGRESS CLAUSE 18
       The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the 
     foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the government of the United States, or in 
     any department or officer thereof.