[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 27, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H702]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
        H.R. 863.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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.''