[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 10 (Friday, January 25, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H293]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. SABLAN:
       H.R. 428.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 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.
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2. 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.