[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 142 (Thursday, September 22, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H6414]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. PIERLUISI:
       H.R. 3020.
       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) 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 
     lay and collect taxes, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the Constitution; (3) 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 (4) to make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the Territory of the United States, as 
     provided for under Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the 
     Constitution.