[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 53 (Tuesday, April 12, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H2604]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. CUMMINGS:
       H.R. 1477.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. 1, Sec. 8, cl. 1 of the United States Constitution, 
     which states ``The Congress shall have Power to lay and 
     collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts 
     and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the 
     United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be 
     uniform throughout the United States;'' and
       Art. 1 Sec. 8, cl. 3 ``[The Congress shall have Power] [t]o 
     regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several 
     States, and with the Indian Tribes.''