[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 23 (Monday, February 14, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H775]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. CUMMINGS:
       H.R. 688.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have 
     Power To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among 
     the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
       Fourteenth Amendment, Sections 1 and 5
       Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United 
     States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens 
     of the United States and the State wherein they reside. No 
     State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the 
     privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; 
     nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or 
     property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person 
     within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

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       Section 5: The Congress shall have power to enforce, by 
     appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.