[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 145 (Friday, September 8, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H7217]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. SMITH of Texas:
       H.R. 3711.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the United States 
     Constitution enumerating congressional authority ``[t]o 
     establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization.''