[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 147 (Tuesday, August 17, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H4338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Ms. SEWELL:
        H.R. 4.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        1) Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United 
     States Constitution, granting Congress the authority to enact 
     appropriate laws to protect the civil rights of all 
     Americans;
        2) Section 2 of the Fifteenth Amendment, granting Congress 
     the authority to protect against racial discrimination in 
     voting; and
        3) Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, granting Congress the authority to make or 
     alter the regulations pertaining to Federal elections.