[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 3 (Thursday, January 8, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H156]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mrs. BLACK:
        H.R. 217.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United 
     States Constitution; whereby 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.
       Furthermore, this bill makes specific changes to existing 
     law, in accordance with the Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5, 
     which states that ``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.''