[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 197 (Tuesday, December 20, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H10016]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mrs. SCHMIDT:
       H.R. 3759.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 1: ``The Congress shall have 
     Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, 
     to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States'' and
       Article I, Section 8, clause 18: ``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.''