[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 63 (Tuesday, May 7, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H2484-H2485]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. SCHIFF:
        H.R. 1859.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Disaster Declaration Improvement Act is constitutional 
     under Article I, Section 8,

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     Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause. The bill is 
     constitutionally authorized under the Necessary and Proper 
     Clause, which supports the expansion of congressional 
     authority beyond the explicit authorities that are directly 
     discernible from the text.