[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H1900]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. NUNES:
       H.R. 1560.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
     United States government support the national security 
     interests of the United States, support and assist the armed 
     forces of the United States, and support the President in the 
     execution of the foreign policy of the United States. Article 
     I, section 8 gives Congress the power ``to . . . provide for 
     the common defense and general welfare of the United 
     States.'' The Necessary and Proper Clause of that section 
     also grants Congress the power ``[t]o make all laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested in this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.''