[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 52 (Wednesday, April 17, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2124]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. LAMBORN:
        H.R. 1604.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3--
       Article IV--The States
       Section 3--New States
       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.