[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 2, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H1014-H1015]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. COHEN:
        H.R. 1489.

[[Page H1015]]

        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment XIV, Section 1: All persons born or naturalized 
     in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction 
     thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state 
     wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law 
     which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens 
     of the United States; 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.
       Amendment XIV, Section 5: The Congress shall have power to 
     enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this 
     article.