[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 5, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H1659]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. MESSER:
        H.R. 4000.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, which states in part that 
     ``Congress shall have power to provide for the . . . general 
     welfare of the United States'' and Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 18, which empowers Congress ``To make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.''