[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 186 (Tuesday, December 6, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H8187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia:
        H.R. 3572.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The ``necessary and proper'' clause of Article 1, Section 8 
     of the United States Constitution.