[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 2 (Friday, January 4, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H55]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. SERRANO:
        H.R. 209.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, which gives Congress the 
     power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian Tribes,'' Article I 
     Section 8, Clause 1, which give Congress the power to ``lay 
     and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposets and Excises, to pay the 
     Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare 
     of the United States,'' and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, 
     which gives Congress the power ``To make all Laws which shall 
     be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers.''