[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 80 (Thursday, May 19, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H2880]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. SENSENBRENNER:
        H.R. 5283.
        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 tenuous constitutional justifications, this reform bill 
     embeds and advances constitutional principles found in the 
     Fourth, Fifth, Tenth Amendments. The bill also derives 
     authority from Congress' Article I, 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.