[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 23, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H281-H282]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. REICHERT:
       H.R. 361.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       ``The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article 1, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to 
     providing for the general welfare of the United States) and 
     clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary 
     and proper for

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     carrying out the powers vested in Congress), and Article IV, 
     section 3, clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress to 
     dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations 
     respecting the territory or other property belonging to the 
     United States).''