[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 28 (Thursday, February 16, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H1304]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia:
        H.R. 1149.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4, which states that Congress 
     has the power ``to establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization 
     and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout 
     the United States.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which states that Congress 
     has 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 . . .''