[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 56 (Tuesday, April 23, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2248]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. MORAN:
       H.R. 1686.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This Bill is enacted pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of 
     the United States Constitution, which provides that the 
     Congress shall have Power:
       ``To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to 
     pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general 
     Welfare of the United States,''
       ``To regulate Commerce . . . among the several States, and 
     with the Indian Tribes,'' and
       ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other 
     Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.