[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 168 (Friday, November 4, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H7399]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. HOLDEN:
       H.R. 3385.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 15 which grants Congress the 
     power to make rules for the Government and Regulation of the 
     land and naval Forces.
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 16 which grants Congress the 
     power to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, 
     the militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be 
     employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to 
     the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and 
     the Authority of training the Militia according to the 
     discipline prescribed by Congress.