[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 15, 2017)]
[House]
[Pages H2083-H2084]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. WALBERG:
       H.R. 1555.

[[Page H2084]]

       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 9 of the Constitution of the 
     United States; the power to constitute Tribunals inferior to 
     the Supreme Court.
       The purpose of the bill is to amend the civil asset 
     forfeiture procedures and Section 8, Clause 9 extends to 
     Congress the power to create inferior courts and to make 
     rules of procedure and evidence for such courts.