[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 46 (Tuesday, April 9, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H1858]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mrs. ELLMERS:
       H.R. 1416.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution 
     states the Congress shall have Power To lay and collect 
     Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and 
     provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the 
     United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be 
     uniform throughout the United States.
       The Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2013 terminates the 
     application of sequestration for certain drugs under Part B 
     of the Medicare program. Sequestration prohibits some 
     agencies from spending a portion of their appropriated 
     monies. This legislation gives direction on the 
     implementation of that prohibition. Therefore, the Cancer 
     Patient Protection Act of 2013 is Constitutionally justified 
     under Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.