[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 177 (Thursday, December 8, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H7569]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. NUNES:
        H.R. 6480.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
     United States Government, including those under Title 50, are 
     carried out to support the national security interests of the 
     United States, to enable the armed forces of the United 
     States, and to support the President in executing the foreign 
     policy of the United States.
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States, in pertinent part, that ``Congress shall have power . 
     . . to . . . provide for the common Defense and general 
     Welfare of the United States''; ``. . . to raise and support 
     armies . . .''; to ``make Rules concerning Captures on Land 
     and Water''; and ``To make all laws which shall be necessary 
     and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers 
     and all other Powers vesting in the Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States, or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof.''