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By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina:
H.R. 1312.
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
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 35
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