[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 17, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H1722]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. SALMON:
        H.R. 1412.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV Section 4: 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.