[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 112 (Thursday, June 29, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H5377]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania:
        H.R. 3106.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The General Welfare Clause:
       Article I, section 8 of the U.S. Constitution grants 
     Congress the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, 
     Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the 
     common defense and general Welfare of the United States.''