U.S. Constitution, Article I — The Legislative Branch, Section 8, Clause 13
To provide and maintain a Navy;
Notes
Allows Congress to provide and maintain a navy. The clause gives Congress power both to create a navy and to keep it in existence, and unlike the separate power over armies, its text sets no two-year limit on the money appropriated for naval purposes.
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