[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 42 (Thursday, March 21, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H1827]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. JONES:
        H.R. 1360.
        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 1, 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.