[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 35 (Tuesday, March 12, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H1357-H1358]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. GOODLATTE:
       H.R. 1068.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution. 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution confers

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     on Congress the authority to make all laws necessary and 
     proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by the 
     Constitution in the government of the United States, or in 
     any department or officer thereof. This legislation restates 
     certain existing laws as part of a positive law title of the 
     United States Code. Enacting titles of the United States Code 
     is a necessary role of Congress with respect to executing the 
     powers vested by the Constitution in the government of the 
     United States.