[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 21, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H5331]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia:
        H.R. 3138.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 of the United States 
     Constitution which states that Congress shall have the power 
     ``To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money 
     to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 13 of the United States 
     Constitution which states that Congress shall have the power 
     ``To provide and maintain a Navy.''
       The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution 
     which states that ``A well regulated Militia, being necessary 
     to the security of a free State, the right of the people to 
     keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.''