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           By Mr. KEAN:
       H.R. 2503.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 3, provides Congress with the 
     power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among 
     the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' The Supreme 
     Court has held that the ``power of Congress to promote 
     interstate commerce also includes the power to regulate . . . 
     local activities in both the States of origin and 
     destination, which might have a substantial and harmful 
     effect upon that commerce,'' including local discriminatory 
     activities that have a ``disruptive effect . . . on 
     commercial intercourse.'' See Heart of Atlanta Motel v. 
     United States, 379 U.S. 241, 257-58 (1964).