[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 65 (Thursday, May 12, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H3280-H3281]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. PIERLUISI:
       H.R. 1883.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to: (1)

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     provide for the general welfare of the United States, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution; (2) to make all laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into execution such power, 
     as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the 
     Constitution; and (3) to make all needful Rules and 
     Regulations respecting the Territories of the United States, 
     as provided for under Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the 
     Constitution.