[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 7 (Monday, January 9, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H108]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mrs. WAGNER:
       H.R. 26.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (1) Section 5 of the 14th Amendment, including the power to 
     enforce the prohibition on government action denying equal 
     protection of the laws; and
       (2) Section 9 of Article I, to make all laws necessary and 
     proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by the 
     Constitution of the United States, including the power to 
     regulate commerce under Clause 3 of such action.