Constitutional authority statement
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(a) In general This Act is enacted pursuant to the powers conferred by the Constitution of the United States upon Congress by— (1) article I, section 1, which vests in Congress all legislative powers granted under the Constitution; and (2) article I, section 8, clause 18, which vests in Congress the power to make all laws that shall be necessary and proper for executing the legislative power granted to Congress in the Constitution. (b) Other authority This Act is also enacted to bring the enforcement of Federal law into compliance with the guarantee under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States that no person be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.