[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 95 (Monday, June 15, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H4382]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. BURGESS:
        H.R. 2771.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section VIII, clause 1 enumerates that, ``The 
     Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, 
     imposts and excises . . .'' Further, Amendment XVI states 
     that ``The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes 
     on incomes, from whatever source derived, without 
     apportionment among the several states, and without regard to 
     any census or enumeration.''