[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 41 (Thursday, March 9, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H2019]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia:
       H.R. 1453.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 (Clauses 1 and 18), which grants 
     Congress the power to provide for the common Defense and 
     general Welfare of the United States; and to make all Laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution the foregoing Powers.