Pursuant to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Organic_Act_of_1801" id="mwXg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801">District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." id="mwXw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> is placed under the jurisdiction of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" id="mwYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Congress">U.S. Congress</a>.