[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)]
[House]
[Pages H52-H53]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
        H.R. 218.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

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       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
       ``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; and nothing in 
     this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any 
     Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.''