Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution

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constitutional clause

Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution is the provision granting Congress exclusive legislative authority over the federal district (now Washington, D.C.) and certain federal properties.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the U.S. Constitution	1
United States Constitution Article I, Section 8, Clause 17	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional clause ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	District Clause of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ surface form: District Clause Enclave Clause ⓘ
appliesTo	Arsenals ⓘ District not exceeding ten miles square ⓘ Dock-Yards ⓘ Forts ⓘ Magazines ⓘ Places purchased by the United States with consent of state legislatures ⓘ federal district serving as the seat of government of the United States ⓘ other needful Buildings ⓘ
authorityLevel	Supreme law of the land (as part of the Constitution) ⓘ
constitutionalFunction	Defines scope of federal territorial jurisdiction ⓘ Ensures independence of the federal seat of government from any state ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateRatified	1788 ⓘ
effectiveFrom	March 4, 1789 ⓘ
governs	Legislative authority over federal buildings and properties acquired with state consent ⓘ Legislative authority over federal military installations ⓘ Legislative authority over the District of Columbia ⓘ
grantsPowerTo	United States Congress ⓘ
grantsTypeOfPower	exclusive legislative authority ⓘ
historicalResult	Creation of the District of Columbia ⓘ
influenced	Development of federal enclave law in the United States ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
jurisdictionOver	District of Columbia ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalEffect	Authorizes federal exclusive jurisdiction over certain federal enclaves ⓘ Grants Congress plenary power over the District of Columbia ⓘ Removes state legislative authority over the federal district ⓘ
locatedInDocument	United States Constitution ⓘ
partOf	Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
relatedTo	District of Columbia Home Rule Act ⓘ District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 ⓘ Federal enclaves doctrine ⓘ Home rule in the District of Columbia ⓘ Status of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
requiresConsentOf	United States Congress ⓘ surface form: Congress State ceding the district ⓘ
seatOfGovernment	United States Capitol ⓘ surface form: Seat of the Government of the United States
subjectMatter	Federalism ⓘ Taxing and Spending Clause ⓘ surface form: Powers of Congress Territorial jurisdiction ⓘ
textBeginsWith	To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 → basedOn → Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 → constitutionalBasis → Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Constitution Article I, Section 8, Clause 17

Law of the District of Columbia → shapedBy → Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the U.S. Constitution