[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 37 (Thursday, March 14, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H1428]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. CALVERT:
       H.R. 1165.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article IV, section 3 of the 
     United States Constitution, specifically clause 2 (empowering 
     Congress to make rules and regulations respecting property 
     belonging to the people of the United States), Article I, 
     section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically 
     clause 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of 
     the United States) and clause 18 (relating to the power to 
     make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the 
     powers vested in Congress). Furthermore, this bill amends the 
     Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331), which 
     Congress previously enacted pursuant to similar authority.