[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 87 (Friday, May 8, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H1986]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 6744.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause 1 provides Congress with the 
     power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and 
     Excises'' in order to provide for the general Welfare of the 
     United States.''
       Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5 provides Congress the power 
     ``to enforce'' the substantive guarantees of the amendment, 
     including the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses, by 
     enacting ``appropriate legislation.''