[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 134 (Thursday, September 18, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H7889]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. CROWLEY:
       H.R. 5576.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 Section 8 of Article 1:
       The Congress shall have the power to Pay a collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts, and provide 
     for the common Defense a General Welfare of the United 
     States; but all Duties and Imposts and Excises shall be 
     uniform throughout the United States.