[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 17, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H7675]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. GARRETT:
        H.R. 5502.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Recognizing that numerous federal criminal law statutes 
     (through which federal civil asset forfeiture is enacted) 
     have dubious constitutional justifications, this reform bill 
     embeds and advances constitutional principles found in the 
     Fourth, Fifth and Tenth Amendment. The bill also derives it's 
     authority from Congress' Article 1, Section 8, Clause 9 
     authority to ``constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme 
     Court.'' This authority includes the rules and procedures 
     used by inferior federal courts.