[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 29, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H7040]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Ms. ESTY:
       H.R. 5244.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8
       The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, 
     duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for 
     the common defense and general welfard of the United States;
       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.