[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 9, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H600]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. ROHRABACHER:
        H.R. 597.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 17, granting Congress the 
     power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases 
     whatsoever over the District constituting the Seat of 
     Government of the United States;
       Section 2 of the 14th Amendment, providing that 
     Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states 
     according to their respective numbers; and
       Both sections of the 23rd Amendment, which grant Congress 
     the authority to direct the appointment of presidential 
     electors from the District of Columbia and to enforce the 
     23rd Amendment by appropriate legislation.