[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 137 (Monday, September 12, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H5338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. SERRANO:
       H.R. 5998.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution 
     (clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18), 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; to provide for organizing, arming and 
     disciplining the militia; and to make all laws necessary and 
     proper for carrying out the foregoing powers.