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By Mr. HICE of Georgia:
H.R. 4050.
Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following:
Article I, Section 8, Clause 4, which states that Congress has the power ``to establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States.''
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which states that Congress has the 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 . . .
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 108
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