[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 117 (Thursday, August 2, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H5710]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California:
       H.R. 6336.
        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.