[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 57 (Monday, April 3, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H2630]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mrs. WAGNER:
        H.R. 1865.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment XIII of the Constitution, which states that 
     ``Section 1. 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. Section 2. Congress 
     shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate 
     legislation.''
       Amendment XIV of the Constitution, which states that ``nor 
     shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or 
     property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person 
     within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, which 
     states ``To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among 
     the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''