[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. 212.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of section 5 of article I of the Constitution, 
     which states: ``Each House may determine the Rules of its 
     Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, 
     and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.'' 
     Additionally, Congress has the power to enact this 
     legislation under Clause 2 of section 3 of article IV of the 
     Constitution, which states that ``The Congress shall have 
     Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and 
     Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property 
     belonging to the United States; and nothing in this 
     Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims 
     of the United States, or of any particular State.''