[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 162 (Monday, November 14, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H6179]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. MEADOWS:
       H.R. 6312.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17, states, ``The Congress 
     shall have Power To . . . exercise exclusive Legislation in 
     all Cases whatsoever, over such District . . . .''Further, 
     Article 1, Section 10, Clause I, states, ``In the just 
     preservation of rights and property, it is understood and 
     declared, that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in 
     the said territory, that shall, in any manner whatever, 
     interfere with or affect private contracts or engagements, 
     bona fide, and without fraud, perviously formed.''