[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 24, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H5724]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
       H.R. 4946.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       US Const. Art. II, Sec. 3, Cl. 3 (``[The President] shall 
     take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed[.]''); US 
     Const. Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 18 (``Congress shall have the 
     power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into Execution . . . all other Powers 
     vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United 
     States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'') (This 
     bill would instruct the Attorney General to give preferential 
     treatment to police forces that meet certain criteria when 
     distributing grant money, therefore this bill is a valid 
     exercise of Congressional authority per the Necessary and 
     Proper Clause provided the Attorney General's duties, as an 
     agent of the President, to enforce federal law and punish 
     criminal wrongdoing).
       US Const. Art. I, Sec. 9, Cl. 7 (``No Money shall be drawn 
     from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made 
     by Law[.]''); US Const. Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 18 (``Congress 
     shall have the power . . . To make all Laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof'') (This bill would 
     instruct the Attorney General to give preferential treatment 
     to police forces that meet certain criteria when distributing 
     grant money, therefore this bill is a valid exercise of 
     Congressional authority per the Necessary and Proper Clause 
     to instruct how the Executive Branch can spend appropriated 
     monies).