[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H6519]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico:
       H.R. 3496.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 1 provides Congress with the 
     power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and 
     Excises'' in order to ``provide for the . . . general Welfare 
     of the United States.''