[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 78 (Wednesday, June 5, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H3215]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. THOMPSON of California:
       H.R. 2260.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution, 
     which states that Congress shall have the power 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.