[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H546]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. GOODLATTE:
        H.R. 522.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the United States 
     Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the 
     Appropriations Power granted to Congress by that section;
       Article I, Section 7, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the 
     legislative powers granted to Congress by that section;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative 
     power granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested 
     in this Constitution in the Government of the United States, 
     or in any Department or Officer thereof''