[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 50 (Thursday, April 7, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H2535]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:
       H.R. 1435.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill is based is 
     Congress's power under Article I, Section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution (Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 16), which 
     grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to 
     provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government 
     and regulation of the land and naval forces; and to provide 
     for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia.