[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 19 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H813]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. PIERLUISI:
        H.R. 727.
        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 admit new States into the Union 
     and to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the 
     territories of the United States, as enumerated in Section 3 
     of Article IV of the Constitution.