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           By Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 2222.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the U.S. Constitution which grants 
     Congress the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, 
     Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the 
     common defense and general Welfare of the United States.''