[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 190 (Wednesday, December 7, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8824]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. CLYDE:
       H.R. 9448.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Sec. 8, Cl. 18 of the U.S. Constitution states 
     the Congress shall have the power ``to make all laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the 
     foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the government of the United States, or in 
     any department of officer thereof.''
       Additionally, Sec. 1 of the XIV Amendment states, ``. . . 
     nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, of 
     property, without due process of law . . .'' and under Sec. 5 
     of the XIV Amendment, ``The Congress shall have power to 
     enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this 
     article.''