[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 15, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H473]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. CARNEY:
        H.R. 3881.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
       The Congress shall have Power * * * To make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.
       Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1
       All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and 
     subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the 
     United States and the State wherein they reside. 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.
       Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5
       The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate 
     legislation, the provisions of this article.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
       The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.