[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 186 (Tuesday, December 6, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H8187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. RANGEL:
       H.R. 3564.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5
       Section 1: 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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