[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 63 (Monday, April 25, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H1944]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia:
       H.R. 5047.
       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.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States 
     Constitution which states that Congress shall have the power 
     ``To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land 
     and naval Forces.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution which states that Congress shall have the power 
     ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other 
     Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''

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