[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 46 (Tuesday, April 9, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H1859]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida:
       H.R. 1438.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Including but not limited to;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
       The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with 
     foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the 
     Indian Tribes;
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14
       To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces;
       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.
       Section 5: The Congress shall have power to enforce, by 
     appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.