[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H472]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. BURGESS:
        H.R. 487.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section VIII, Clause 1, ``The Congress 
     shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts 
     and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common 
     defense and general welfare of the United States . . .'' In 
     addition, Article I, Section VIII, Clause 14 provides, ``To 
     make rules for the government and regulation of the land and 
     naval forces.'' Lastly, Article I, Section VIII, Clause 16 
     states ``The Congress shall have Power To provide for 
     organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for 
     governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service 
     of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, 
     the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of 
     training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed 
     by Congress.''