[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 20 (Friday, February 8, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H431]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 594.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority in which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to regulate Commerce, as enumerated 
     by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution. In addition, clause 7 of Section 9 of Article I 
     of the Constitution, provides Congress the authority to 
     control the expenditures of the federal government via 
     appropriations.