[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H48]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. RATCLIFFE:
        H.R. 76.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article III, Section 1, Sentence 1, and Section 2, Clauses 
     1 and 4 of the Constitution, in that the legislation defines 
     or affects judicial powers and cases that are subject to 
     legislation by Congress; Article 1, Section 1, Clause 1 of 
     the United States Constitution, in that the legislation 
     concerns the exercise of legislative powers generally granted 
     to Congress by that section, including the exercise of those 
     powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; and, 
     Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States 
     Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative 
     power granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all laws 
     which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested 
     by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, 
     or in any Department or Officer thereof.''