[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 10, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H132]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
By Mr. PITTENGER:
H.R. 4757.
Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant
to the following:
The explicit power of Congress to establish an uniform Rule
of Naturization, and uniform Laws on the subject of
Bankruptcies throught the United States as enumerated in
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4, of the United States
Constitution.
Additionally, Article 1, Section 7, Clause 2 of the
Constitution allows for every bill passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate and signed by the President to
be codified in to law; and therefore implicitly allows
Congress to amend any bill that has been passed by both
chambers and signed in to law by the President.