[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 1, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H331]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. BUDD:
       H.R. 6536.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment XIII states ``Neither slavery nor involuntary 
     servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party 
     shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United 
     States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Congress 
     shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate 
     legislation.''
       Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I grants that grants that 
     Congress shall ``regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and 
     among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;''