[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 117 (Thursday, August 2, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H5709-H5710]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. GARRETT:
       H.R. 6317.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 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

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     States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States''), 3 (``To regulate Commerce 
     with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with 
     the Indian Tribes''), and 18 (``To make all Laws which shall 
     be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof').