[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 19, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H355]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. FILNER:
       H.R. 326.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution (Clauses 1, 3, 14, and 18), which grant 
     Congress the power to provide for the general welfare of the 
     United States; to regulate Commerce among the several States; 
     to make rules for the Government; and to make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers; Amendment V to the Constitution, which 
     provides that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, 
     or property, without due process of law; as well as Section 1 
     and Section 5 of Amendment XIV to the Constitution, which 
     provides that no State shall deprive any person of life, 
     liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny 
     any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of 
     the laws; and provides Congress the power to enforce, by 
     appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.