[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 1 (Thursday, January 3, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H37]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. SIMPSON:
       H.R. 144.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United 
     States Constitution, specifically clause 9, which states 
     ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To constitute Tribunals 
     inferior to the supreme Court.'' In addition, Article III, 
     Section 1 states that ``The judicial Power of the United 
     States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such 
     inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain 
     and establish.''