[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 56 (Friday, April 15, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H2913-H2914]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 1570.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Clause 1, Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States 
     Constitution reads, ``The Congress shall have Power to lay 
     and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the 
     Debts, and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare 
     of the United States; but all Duties and Imposts and Excises 
     shall be uniform throughout the United States.''