[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 15, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H802]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. KLINE:
       H.R. 4045.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This legislation ensures that members of the National Guard 
     and Reserve Component who mobilized and deployed prior to 
     changes made to Department of Defense guidelines pertaining 
     to the earning of the Post Deployment Mobilization Respite 
     Absence Program do not receive a reduction in their earned 
     benefits while deployed in defense of our nation. Specific 
     authority is provided by 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.