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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Label	Occurrences
Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution canonical	3
Article I, Section 8, Clause 17	1
Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the U.S. Constitution	1
Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the U.S. Constitution (federal district clause)	1
U.S. Constitution Article I Section 8 Clause 17	1
United States Constitution Article I, Section 8, Clause 17	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T398658 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution
Context triple: [District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871, basedOn, Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution]

A. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, known as the Commerce Clause, grants Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several states, and with Native American tribes.
B. Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that establishes the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court, and guarantees life tenure and salary protection for federal judges.
C. Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that requires each state to recognize and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
D. Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution
Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution, known as the Supremacy Clause, establishes that the Constitution, federal laws, and treaties are the supreme law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.
E. Necessary and Proper Clause
The Necessary and Proper Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress the authority to enact laws needed to execute its enumerated powers, forming the basis for implied federal powers.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution
Target entity description: 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.

A. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, known as the Commerce Clause, grants Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several states, and with Native American tribes.
B. Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that establishes the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court, and guarantees life tenure and salary protection for federal judges.
C. Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that requires each state to recognize and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
D. Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution
Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution, known as the Supremacy Clause, establishes that the Constitution, federal laws, and treaties are the supreme law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.
E. Necessary and Proper Clause
The Necessary and Proper Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress the authority to enact laws needed to execute its enumerated powers, forming the basis for implied federal powers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional clause ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	District Clause ⓘ linked to: District Clause of the U.S. Constitution 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 ⓘ linked to: United States of America
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	Congress ⓘ linked to: United States Congress State ceding the district ⓘ
seatOfGovernment	Seat of the Government of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States Capitol
subjectMatter	Federalism ⓘ Powers of Congress ⓘ linked to: Taxing and Spending Clause Territorial jurisdiction ⓘ
textBeginsWith	To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 → United States Constitution Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 ⓘ