[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 60 (Thursday, April 6, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H2792]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. LOWENTHAL:
        H.R. 2044.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution
       ``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.''