[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 5 (Thursday, January 9, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H135]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
        H.R. 3837.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives, I submit the following statement 
     regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the 
     Constitution of the United States to enact the accompanying 
     bill cited as the ``Vested Employee Pension Benefit 
     Protection Act.''
       The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, 
     imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the 
     common Defense and general welfare of the United States, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. Additionally, 
     Congress has the Constitutional authority to regulate 
     commerce among the States and with Indian Tribes, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.