[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 25 (Friday, February 15, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H598]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. ISSA:
        H.R. 778.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the authority to legislate on this matter 
     under the Constitution according to :
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 3, ``to regulate Commerce with 
     Foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes;'' and Article 1, Section 8, clause 8, ``to 
     promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing 
     for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive 
     Rights to their respective Writings and Discoveries,''