[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 199 (Wednesday, December 6, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H9709]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
        H.R. 4573.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const., Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 18 (Necessary and Proper 
     Clause) (This bill would authorize federal agencies to study, 
     and report on, the impact gun violence has on the public 
     health. Such a law is both ``necessary and proper'' in order 
     to carry out the purpose of the Constitution: promotion of 
     the general welfare).