[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 86 (Monday, June 17, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H3688]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. COTTON:
       H.R. 2401.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 4, 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.''