[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 110 (Tuesday, July 15, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H6296]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. MEADOWS:
        H.R. 5116.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment XIII
       Section 1, ``Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, 
     except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have 
     been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or 
     any place subject to their jurisdiction.''
       Section 2, ``Congress shall have power to enforce this 
     article by appropriate legislation.''