[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 21, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H482]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. WALKER:
       H.R. 460.
       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.''