[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H392]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mrs. WAGNER:
        H.R. 459.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment XIII which authorizes Congress to make laws 
     enforcing the extension of civil rights and universal freedom 
     to victims of slavery.
       Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution 
     which states that Congress has the power ``To make all laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested 
     by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, 
     or in any Department or Officer thereof.''