[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 56 (Thursday, March 30, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H2600]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. MacARTHUR:
        H.R. 1831.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States provides that:
       ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. 
     . . .''