True. The Necessary and Proper Clause, also known as the Elastic Clause, is a provision in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress the 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." This clause has been interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court as a basis for expanded Presidential powers, particularly in the Taney court and before the Civil War. In the case of "McCulloch v. Maryland" (1819), the court upheld the constitutionality of the National Bank, interpreting the Necessary and Proper Clause as granting Congress broad authority to pass laws that are deemed necessary and proper to carry out its constitutional powers. This interpretation has been cited by subsequent courts as a precedent for the exercise of broad federal powers.