[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 57 (Friday, March 26, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1693]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois:
        H.R. 2201.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, clause I 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.''