[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 114 (Friday, August 2, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H5402]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. SANFORD:
       H.R. 3051.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV Section. 3. ``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.''
       The clause is relevant to the ``Coastal States Extension 
     Act of 2013'' because it involves an adjustment in 
     determining states' rights in the Territory belonging to the 
     United States.