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By Mrs. LEE of Nevada:
H.R. 3831.
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.''
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 102
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