To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that every military chaplain has the prerogative to close a prayer outside of a religious service according to the dictates of the chaplain's own conscience.

From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] By Mr. JONES: H.R. 343. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following: The constitutional authority of Congress to enact thislegislation is provided by Article 1, section 8 of the UnitedStates Constitution (clauses 12, 13, 14, and 16), whichgrants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; toprovide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the governmentand regulation of the land and naval forces; and to providefor organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia. [Page H223]