[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 95 (Friday, June 28, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H4177]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. STOCKMAN:
       H.R. 2606.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power conferred by the 
     United States Constitution upon each house of Congress by:
       (a) Article I, Section 1, to exercise the legislative 
     powers vested in Congress as granted in the Constitution; and
       (b) Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, to make all laws that 
     shall be necessary and proper for executing the legislative 
     power granted to Congress in the Constitution.
       This bill is also enacted to bring the operation of the 
     federal government into compliance with the Fifth Amendment 
     guarantee that no person be deprived of his life, liberty or 
     property without due process of law.