[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 23 (Thursday, February 9, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H1100]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. ELLISON:
        H.R. 988.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States, which states:
       The Congress shall have 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 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.''