[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 128 (Friday, July 28, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H6578]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mrs. BLACK:
       H.R. 3565.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       (a) Article I, section 1, to exercise all legislative 
     powers vested in Congress as granted by the Constitution;
       (b) Article I, section 8, clause 18, which gives Congress 
     the authority ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and 
     proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and 
     all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the 
     Government of the United States, or in any Department or 
     Officer thereof'';
       (c) Article IV, section 3, clause 2, stating that, ``The 
     Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful 
     Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other 
     Property belonging to the United States''; and
       (d) Article I, section 8, clause 17, providing that, ``The 
     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 
     the Government of the United States.''