[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 49 (Monday, March 26, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1571]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. MULVANEY:
        H.R. 4256.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18. ``To make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. ``To regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes.''
       The 14th Amendment to the Constitution. ``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 . . . The 
     Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate 
     legislation, the provisions of this article.''