[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 187 (Thursday, November 21, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H9170]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. JOYCE of Ohio:
       H.R. 5239.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
       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 the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Office thereof.
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to regulate commerce with foreign 
     nations, and mong the several states, and with the Indian 
     tribes, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of 
     the United States Constitution.