[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 135 (Friday, August 11, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H6603]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
        H.R. 3648.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress 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, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. Additionally, 
     Congress has the Constitutional authority to regulate 
     commerce among the States and with Indian Tribes, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.