[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 1 (Thursday, January 3, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H34]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. CONYERS:
        H.R. 40.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the 
     United States Constitution, Congress shall have the power to 
     enact appropriate laws protecting the civil rights of all 
     Americans.