[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 27, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H702]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. THOMPSON of California:
       H.R. 848.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to make laws which shall be necessary 
     and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, 
     and all other powers vest by the constitution in the 
     government of the United States, or in any department or 
     officer thereof, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18.