[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 18, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H5009]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 6142.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The attached bill is constitutional under Article 1, 
     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 Defence and general Welfare 
     of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises 
     shall be uniform throughout the United States.''