[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 106 (Monday, June 25, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5648]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico:
       H.R. 6211.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 2 and Section 8, and the 14111 
     Amendment, Section 2 and Section 5 of the U.S. ConstitUtion, 
     which provide as follows:
       The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years 
     after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, 
     and within every subsequent Term often Years, in such Manner 
     as they shall by Law direct.
       To make all laws which shalt be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other 
     Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
       Representatives shall be apportioned among the several 
     States according to their respective numbers, counting the 
     whole number of persons in each State . . . .
       The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate 
     legislation, the provisions of this article.
       Further, the Congress has the power to enact this 
     legislation pursuant to Article IV, Section 3, which 
     provides, in relevant part, as follows:
       The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all 
     needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or 
     other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in 
     this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any 
     Claims of the United States, or of any patticular State.

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