[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 133 (Thursday, July 29, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H4293]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. GOHMERT:
        H.R. 4790.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) is an exercise 
     of Congress's power to raise and support armies (Art. I, 
     Sec. 8, cl. 12); provide and maintain a Navy (Art. I, Sec. 8, 
     cl. 13); and to make rules for organizing and disciplining 
     their members (Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 14). Under this authority, 
     Congress enacted the UCMJ (Chapter 47 of Title 10, U.S. 
     Code), which is the code of military criminal laws applicable 
     to all U.S. military members worldwide.
       Article III of the Constitution establishes the federal 
     judiciary. Article III, Section I states that ``The judicial 
     Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme 
     Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from 
     time to time ordain and establish.'' Although the 
     Constitution establishes the Supreme Court, it permits 
     Congress to decide how to organize it. Congress first 
     exercised this power in the Judiciary Act of 1789.