[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 35 (Wednesday, March 9, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H1665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 975.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Civil Rights Enforcement: 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. . . . Section 5: The Congress shall 
     have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the 
     provisions of this article.
       Spending Authorization: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1--The 
     Congress shall have 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.