[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 20 (Monday, February 6, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H1013]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. JONES:
        H.R. 886.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article 1, 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 which shall be necessary and proper for carrying 
     into execution the foregoing powers.