[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 14, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H224]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. SCHIFF:
        H.R. 3875.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Telephone Metadata Reform Act is constitutionally 
     authorized under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce 
     Clause and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and 
     Proper Clause. Additionally, the Preamble to the Constitution 
     provides support of the authority to enact legislation to 
     promote the General Welfare.