[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 15, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H173]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. BILIRAKIS:
        H.R. 303.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation 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.