[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 15, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H173]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. WOLF:
       H.R. 301.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, which states: ``The 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''
       Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States 
     Constitution, which states: ``[The President] shall have 
     Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to 
     make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present 
     concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and 
     Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other 
     public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, 
     and all other Officers of the United States, whose 
     Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which 
     shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest 
     the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think 
     proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in 
     the Heads of Departments.''