[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 2 (Monday, January 4, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H55]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. SAN NICOLAS:
       H.R. 157.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress:
       to provide for the general welfare of the United States, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution;
       to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into execution such power, as enumerated in Article 
     I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution; and
       to make rules and regulations respecting the U.S. 
     territories, as enumerated in Article IV; Section 3, Clause 2 
     of the Constitution.