[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 30 (Thursday, February 25, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H949]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. WALBERG:
        H.R. 4612.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the 
     United States; the power to regulate commerce among the 
     several states and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 to make 
     all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying 
     into Execution the foregoing Powers.
       The purpose of the bill is to prohibit an outgoing 
     Administration from publishing regulations during a 
     moratorium period defined by Section 1, Title 3 of the U.S. 
     Code through January 20 of the following year. Congress has 
     the authority to limit regulations by the Executive branch 
     under its Commerce Clause power and it is necessary and 
     proper to introduce legislation to effectively carryout this 
     power.