[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 8 (Thursday, January 20, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H396]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. BURGESS:
        H.R. 360.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to make rules for the government, as 
     enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United 
     States Constitution.
       In addition, the bill extends equal treatment to all 
     Congressional staff in respect to numerous court 
     interpretations of the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection 
     Clause to the Constitution ``shall make or enforce any law 
     which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens 
     of the United States . . . nor deny to any person within its 
     jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.''