[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 11, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H141]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. PALLONE:
       H.R. 261.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2:
       ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all 
     needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or 
     other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in 
     this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any 
     Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.''

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