[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 7, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H1879]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico:
       H.R. 6465.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Congress has the power to enact this legislation 
     pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the 
     U.S. Constitution, which provide as follows:
       The Congress shall have 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; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States; [. . .]--And
       To make all laws which shall 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.