[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 14, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1791]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. GREEN of Texas:
        H.R. 2516.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Taxing and Spending Clause: Article 1, Section 8, clause 
     1--provides Congress authority to, inter alia, enact spending 
     legislation.
       Commerce Clause: Article 1, Section 8, clause 3--provides 
     Congress with the power to regulate commerce with foreign 
     nations and among the states, including the use of the 
     channels of interstate commerce, the instrumentalities of 
     interstate commerce, or persons or things in interstate 
     commerce.
       Necessary and Proper Clause: Article 1, Section 8, clause 
     18--allows Congress the power to make all laws that are 
     necessary and proper for executing its enumerated powers and 
     all other powers vested by the Constitution in the U.S. 
     Government.