[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 54 (Thursday, April 3, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H2908]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. GOSAR:
        H.R. 4388.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation is constitutionally appropriate pursuant 
     to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the Commerce Clause) which 
     grants Congress the power to regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among several states and with the Indian Tribes; 
     Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 (the Treaty Clause) which 
     gives the President the Power to make Treaties; Article IV, 
     Section 3, Clause 2 (the Property Clause) which gives 
     Congress the Power to make all Rules and Regulations 
     respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the 
     United States.
       The Supreme Court, in Worcester v. Georgia (1832), reasoned 
     that Indian Nations have always been considered as distinct, 
     independent political communities, as the undisputed 
     possessors of the soil, from time immemorial. Thus, 
     conducting a review of by Congress of the United States' 
     trust relationship with American Indian tribes is 
     constitutionally permissible.