[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 27, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1641]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. SCHIFF:
        H.R. 4266.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Protecting Pregnant Women and Children From Hexavalant 
     Chromium Act is constitutional under Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause. The bill 
     constitutional authorized under the under the Necessary and 
     Proper Clause, which supports the expansion of congressional 
     authority beyond the explicit authorities that are directly 
     discernible from the text.