[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 114 (Thursday, July 14, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H5014-H5015]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. RICE of South Carolina:
       H.R. 5879.
       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

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     and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the 
     United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be 
     uniform throughout the United States.