[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 18 (Friday, February 3, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H475]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. HASTINGS of Washington:
        H.R. 3896.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the U.S. 
     Constitution, which states that ``The Congress shall have 
     Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and 
     Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property 
     belonging to the United States; and nothing in this 
     Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims 
     of the United States, or of any particular State.''
       Also, Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. 
     Constitution, which states that ``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.''