[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 52 (Thursday, March 29, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H1806-H1807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. RAHALL:
       H.R. 4335.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution, known as the Postal Clause or the Postal Power, 
     empowers Congress ``To establish Post Offices and post 
     Roads''. The Clause has been construed to give Congress the 
     enumerated power to designate mail routes and construct or 
     designate post offices, with the implied authority to carry, 
     deliver, and regulate the mails of the United States as a 
     whole.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution which states that the

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     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.