[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 47 (Wednesday, April 10, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H1909-H1910]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. COLE:
        H.R. 1456.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 which allows Congress to 
     ``fix the

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     Standard of Weights and Measures.'' This legislation would 
     set the standards of portable fuel containers.
       Additionally, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 allows 
     Congress to ``regulate Commerce . . . among the several 
     states.'' As portable fuel containers are objects of 
     interstate commerce, it is appropriate for Federal standards 
     to be set.