[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 168 (Friday, November 22, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H7365]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. DUFFY:
       H.R. 3621.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 with respect to the power of 
     Congress to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and 
     Excises,'' and to provide for the ``general Welfare of the 
     United States.''
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, with respect to the power 
     of Congress to ``make all Laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and 
     all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States, or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof.''