[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 167 (Thursday, November 21, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H7356]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. GOHMERT:
        H.R. 3601.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: ``The Congress shall have 
     power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States.'' The Parental Notification and 
     Intervention Act specifically establishes a federal nexus in 
     that it applies to ``any person or organization in or 
     affecting interstate commerce.''
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: ``No Money shall be drawn 
     from the Treasury but in Consequence of Appropriations made 
     by Law.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall have 
     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.''
       The Parental Notification and Intervention Act also 
     establishes a federal nexus in that it specifically applies 
     to ``any person or organization . . . who solicits or accepts 
     federal funds.'' The power to appropriate money and make laws 
     to execute this power, gives Congress the authority to make 
     laws affecting persons or entities that accept federal funds.