[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 135 (Friday, October 12, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H6306-H6307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. WALZ of Minnesota:
       H.R. 6574.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 16
       The Congress shall have 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,

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     and the Authority of training the Militia according to the 
     discipline prescribed by Congress.

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