[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 18 (Wednesday, February 6, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H415]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi:
       H.R. 579.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution: 
     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.