[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H2034]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. GRAVES of Missouri:
       H.R. 1623.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8
       ``The Congress shall have the power to. . . . provide for 
     the common defense and general welfare of the United States''
       Congress enacted the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
     help set water quality standards and permitting requirements. 
     Making adjustments to this process, which provides for the 
     general welfare, falls within Congress' authority to 
     legislative on items affecting the general welfare.