[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 129 (Thursday, July 22, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H3844-H3845]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
By Mr. GREEN of Texas:
H.R. 4619.
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.
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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.