[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 33 (Thursday, February 26, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H1371]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. GOSAR:
       H.R. 1107.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation is constitutionally appropriate pursuant 
     to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 (the Spending Clause). The 
     Supreme Court, in South Dakota v. Dole (1987), reasoned that 
     conditions and limitations on funds were consittuional and 
     within the power of Congress under the Spending Clause.
       Article 1 Section 8 Clause 3 (Commerce Clause) If the 
     matter in quetion is not a purely local matter (intra-state) 
     or if it has an impact on inter-state commerce, it falls 
     within Congress' power to ``regulate commerce amng the severl 
     states.''
       Article 1 Section 8 Clause 18 (the Necessary and Proper 
     Clause) which grants Congress the power to make all laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested 
     by this Consitutioon of the United satets, or in any 
     Department or Officer thereof.''