[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 172 (Thursday, October 19, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H5033]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Ms. LEE of Nevada:
       H.R. 5997.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 provides Congress with the 
     power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and 
     Excises'' in order to ``provide for the . . . general Welfare 
     of the United States.''
       The single subject of this legislation is:
       To require the Secretary of Energy to further develop and 
     support the adoption of a voluntary streamlined permitting 
     and inspection process for authorities having jurisdiction 
     over the permitting of qualifying distributed energy systems, 
     and for other purposes.