[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 34 (Monday, February 27, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H1355]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
       H.R. 1223.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, which gives the Congress 
     the authority to provide for the general welfare of the 
     United States. Additionally, under Article I, Section 8, 
     Clause 8 which gives Congress the power to promote the 
     progress of science and useful arts by securing for limited 
     times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their 
     respective writings and discoveries.