[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 171 (Thursday, October 1, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H5640]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
        H.R. 8498.
        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 power to Congress under the Equal Protection, Due 
     Process, and Enforcement Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.