[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 52 (Monday, April 13, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H2154]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mrs. BLACK:
        H.J. Res. 43.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 17
       Congress shall have power . . . To exercise exclusive 
     Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not 
     exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular 
     States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of 
     Government of the United States, and to exercise like 
     Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the 
     Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the 
     Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other 
     needful Buildings.

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