[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 147 (Wednesday, September 28, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H6107]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. NUNES:
       H.R. 6271.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article II, section 2 of the Constitution of the United 
     States gives Congress the power to ``by Law vest the 
     appointment of . . . inferior Officers, as they think proper 
     . . . in the Heads of Departments.'' Article I, section 8 
     provides that Congress shall have power, among other things, 
     to ``regulate Commerce with foreign Nations''; ``make Rules 
     for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval 
     Forces''; and ``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.''