[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 124 (Thursday, July 9, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H3077]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois:
       H.R. 7513.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 section 8 ``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, 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''