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            By Mr. GRAVES of Missouri:
        H.R. 1728.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 gives Congress the power to lay and 
     collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, and to pay the 
     debts levied by such expenses.