[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H50]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. FRANKS of Arizona:
       H.R. 147.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (1) the Commerce Clause;
       (2) section 2 of the 13th amendment;
       (3) section 5 of the 14th amendment, including the power to 
     enforce the prohibition on government action denying equal 
     protection of the laws; and
       (4) section 8 of article I, to make all laws necessary and 
     proper for the carrying into execution of powers vested by 
     the Constitution in the Government of the United States.