[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 41 (Thursday, March 17, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H1986]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. REHBERG:
       H.R. 1157.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution: 
     ``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.''
       The specific Constitutional Authority cited here is not 
     intended and should not be construed to be exclusive of any 
     other general or specific Constitutional Authority that is 
     otherwise applicable.