[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 117 (Wednesday, July 12, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H5759]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER:
       H.R. 3209.
       I21 Congress has the power to enact this legislation 
     pursuant to the following:
       The consittutional authorty of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by 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.