[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 6, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H46]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. GARRETT:
       H.R. 116.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (Congress shall have power 
     to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes;) and Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 18 (To make all Laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested). This 
     legislation, through Congress's power to regulate commerce 
     with foreign powers and among the several states, gives small 
     businesses the option to alleviate the burdens of onerous 
     regulations that the federal government has imposed.