[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 2 (Friday, January 4, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H54]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. GARRETT:
        H.R. 168.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (Congress shall have power 
     to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes;) 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).
       This legislation, through Congress's power to regulate 
     commerce with foreign powers and among the several states, 
     gives small businesses the option to alleviate the burdens of 
     onerous regulations that the federal government has imposed.