[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 135 (Friday, September 18, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H6179]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. GOSAR:
        H.R. 3566.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 (the Naturalization Clause) 
     and Section 5 of Amendment XIV (the Enforcement Clause). In 
     Oregon v. Mitchell, the Supreme Court declared that Congress 
     may ban state actions that violate the Fourteenth Amendment 
     Furthermore, in the Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting and Cox v. 
     Shalala, the Supreme Court found that state laws are 
     preempted if they conflict with federal law.