[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 118 (Thursday, July 13, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H5832]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. SMITH of Missouri:
       H.R. 3220.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the U.S. 
     Constitution, providing, in relevant part, that ``[t]he 
     Congress shall have 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.'