[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 37 (Thursday, March 1, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H1341]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Ms. GRANGER:
        H.R. 5135.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Spending Clause: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay 
     and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the 
     Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare 
     of the United States. . . .''
       The Necessary and Proper Clause: ``The Congress shall have 
     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.''