[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 58 (Tuesday, April 4, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H2697]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. ISSA:
        H.R. 1879.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 8, ``to promote the Progress 
     of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to 
     Authors and Inventors the exclusive Rights to their 
     respective Writings and Discoveries,''