[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H553]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia:
        H.R. 586.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 that states that Congress 
     shall have the Power ``To make all Laws which shall be 
     necessary 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.''
       Additionally, Section 1 of the XIV Amendment states, ``. . 
     . nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or 
     property, without due process of law. . .'' and under Section 
     5 of the XIV Amendment, ``The Congress shall have power to 
     enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this 
     article.''