[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 132 (Friday, August 5, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H7553]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Ms. MALLIOTAKIS:
        H.R. 8667.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1:
       The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18:
       The Congress shall have Power 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.