[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 166 (Monday, October 16, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H8037]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. GOODLATTE:
       H.R. 4070.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 9; Article III, Section I; and 
     Article III, Section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution, which 
     grant Congress authority to over the federal courts. In 
     addition, the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I, 
     Section 8 grants Congress the authority to take actions to 
     assert and defend its legislative power in the courts.