[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 15 (Thursday, January 24, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1213]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 784.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill is based is 
     Congress's power under the Commerce Clause in Article I, 
     Section 8 of the Constitution and under the Constitution's 
     grants of powers to Congress under the Equal Protection, Due 
     Process, and Enforcement Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.