[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 29, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H1511-H1512]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. PIERLUISI:
       H.R. 3968.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, 
     imposts and excises and to provide for the general welfare of 
     the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; to make all laws 
     which shall be

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     necessary and proper for carrying into execution such power, 
     as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the 
     Constitution; and to make rules and regulations respecting 
     the U.S. territories, as enumerated in Article IV, Section 3, 
     Clause 2 of the Constitution.