[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14582]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

  Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, the following statements are submitted regarding the 
specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the 
accompanying bill or joint resolution.

            By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 6392.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests lies 
     in Article 1, Section 7, Clause 2 of the Constitution, which 
     allows for every bill passed by the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate and signed by the President to be codified 
     into law; and therefore implicitly allows Congress to repeal 
     any bill that has been passed by both chambers and signed 
     into law by the President.
       Additionally, the Constitution grants to Congress the 
     explicit power to regulate commerce in and among the states, 
     as enumerate in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce 
     Clause.
            By Mr. NUNES:
       H.R. 6393.
       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 provides, 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 vested in this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department of Officer thereof.''

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