[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 94 (Friday, June 12, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H4344]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. GOSAR:
        H.R. 2760.
       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 the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes'' and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (the Property 
     Clause) which states ``The Congress shall have Power to 
     dispose of and make all needful 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 the Congress' trust 
     relationship with American Indian tribes is permitted by the 
     Constitution and confirmed by the courts..