[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 107 (Friday, July 10, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H5089]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. JEFFRIES:
        H.R. 3028.
        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[.]''); and 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 in 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.