[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 5, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H6625]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California:
       H.R. 3106.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to exercise exclusive legislation, in 
     all cases whatsoever, over the District of Columbia as 
     described in Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States of America.