[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 10 (Friday, January 25, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H293]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. GRAVES of Missouri:
       H.R. 425.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 4 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, in 
     creating the authority of the Congress, ``To establish an 
     uniform Rule of Naturalization.''
       and
       The 14th Amendment of the Constitution stating that, ``All 
     persons born or naturalized in the United States,'' are, 
     ``citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they 
     reside.''