[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 139 (Friday, September 25, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H6260]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. GRAVES of Missouri:
       H.R. 3617.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Consitution gives 
     Congress the authority to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, 
     Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the . . 
     . general Welfare of the United States.