[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 119 (Monday, July 27, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H5524]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:
       H.R. 3226.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment 13 to the U.S. Constitution--Abolition of Slavery 
     ``Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a 
     punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly 
     convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place 
     subject to their jurisdiction.''