[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 136 (Wednesday, September 14, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H6181]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
       H.R. 2918.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8.
       (The Constitutional authorities cited in our Committee 
     reports on legislation during the past several years are 
     highlighted on the other side of this page.
       The overwhelming majority have cited ``article I, section 8 
     of the Constitution.''
       A handful had slightly more specific citations to ``article 
     I, section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution.''
       A couple bills with trade/sanctions components have cited 
     ``article I, section 8, clauses 3 and 18 of the 
     Constitution.''
       And one anti-trafficking bill (with significant domestic 
     law enforcement components) cited ``article I, section 8 of 
     the Constitution and the Thirteenth Amendment to the 
     Constitution.''
       The one consistent exception is Resolutions of Inquiry, 
     which always cite ``article I, section 1 of the 
     Constitution.'')