[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 64 (Wednesday, May 8, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2534]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. JONES:
       H.R. 1888.
       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 4, section 4 of the United 
     States Constitution: The United States shall guarantee to 
     every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, 
     and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on 
     Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the 
     Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.