[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 1, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H375]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. RUSH:
       H.R. 3868.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``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, imposts 
     and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 5: ``To coin money, regulate 
     the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard 
     of weights and measures;''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 8: ``To promote the progress 
     of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to 
     authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective 
     writings and discoveries;''