[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 25 (Friday, February 13, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H1070-H1071]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. KING of New York:
       H.R. 988.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common Defence and general Welfare of the United

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     States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.