[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 16 (Monday, February 4, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H343]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. GINGREY of Georgia:
       H.R. 477.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution, which 
     states that Congress has the power ``to establish a uniform 
     Rule of Naturalization and uniform Laws on the subject of 
     Bankruptcies throughout the United States.''
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution, which 
     states that Congress has the power to ``make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any 
     Department or Officer thereof.''