[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 3 (Thursday, January 8, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H156]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
       H.R. 226.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       US Const. Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 3 (``The Congress has the 
     Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several states, and with the Indian tributes[.]''). 
     The sale, transfer, and possession of firearms crosses state 
     lines, and is therefore a component of interstate commerce--
     making regulations limiting who can sell, transfer, or posses 
     a firearm a valid regulation of interstate commerce.