[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 15, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2654]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Ms. SINEMA:
        H.R. 1987.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to lay and collect duties, imposts and 
     excises, to pay the debts and provide for the general welfare 
     of the United States; as enumerated in Article I, Section 8.