[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 2 (Friday, January 4, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H55]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. McCLINTOCK:
        H.R. 202.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       As to Sections 1, 2 and 5, U.S. Constitution, Article I, 
     Section 8, Clause 9 (The Inferior Courts Clause), Article 
     III, Section 1, and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (The 
     Necessary And Proper Clause), which confer on Congress the 
     power to establish and regulate the jurisdiction and rules of 
     procedure of federal courts. As to Sections 3, 4, and 6, U.S. 
     Constitution, 10th Amendment, which grants states all 
     authority not explicitly given to the federal government, 
     pursuant to which this bill seeks to return to the states 
     authority previously and erroneously claimed by the federal 
     government.