[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 7, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H1085]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. BURGESS:
       H.R. 938.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, which grants Congress the power to lay and 
     collect taxes, duties, imposts, excises, to pay the debts and 
     provide for the common defence and general welfare of the 
     United States.
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution, which grants Congress the power to regulate 
     commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, 
     and with the Indian Tribes.
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, which grants Congress the power to make all 
     laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested 
     by the Constitution in the government of the United States or 
     in any department or office thereof.