[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 22, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H4459]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Ms. WATERS:
        H.R. 2303.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 9
       The Congress shall have Power . . . To constitute Tribunals 
     inferior to the supreme Court.
       Article III, Section 1
       The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in 
     one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the 
     Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The 
     Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold 
     their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated 
     Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which 
     shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.
       Article III, Section 2
       In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers 
     and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be a Party, the 
     Supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all other 
     Cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have 
     appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such 
     Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall 
     make.
       Article IV, Section 1
       Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the 
     public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other 
     State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the 
     Manner in which such Acts, Records, and Proceedings shall be 
     proved, and the Effect thereof.
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 2
       The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be 
     suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the 
     public Safety may require it.
       Article I, Section 8, 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 the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.