[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 129 (Friday, September 21, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H6277]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. AMODEI:
        H.R. 6496.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to regulate interstate and foreign 
     commerce, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of 
     the United States Constitution, to define and punish felonies 
     committed outside of U.S. borders and offenses against the 
     Law of Nations, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 
     10, and to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying 
     into execution all other powers vested in the federal 
     government and its departments and officers, as enumerated in 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.