[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 91 (Thursday, May 25, 2017)]
[House]
[Pages H4608-H4609]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. ISSA:
       H.R. 2694.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 Clause 14
       The Congress shall have Power to the United States 
     Constitution which empowers Congress ``To make rules for the 
     government and regulation of the land and naval forces;''.
       And; Article I, Section 8, Clause 18:
       The Congress shall have Power to the United States 
     Constitution which empowers Congress ``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.''
       And; The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution:
       Which guarantees, in part, that no State shall ``deny to 
     any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of 
     the laws,'' which

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     the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled to be 
     inclusive of those laws pertaining to the right to vote.