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7 results for “commerce clause”
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 14, 2026
S. 5301: Voice for Farm Workers Act
…the federal government's enumerated powers over agriculture and interstate commerce, and it does not infringe on individual rights. However, it consolidates farmworker outreach and coordination at the federal level, which could be handled…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 11, 2026
S. 1823: Black Vulture Relief Act of 2025
…Bird Treaty Act, which is a valid exercise of the treaty power and the Commerce Clause. It does not infringe on constitutional rights, and it actually reduces federal restrictions on private property owners. The main constitutional concern…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
Farm bill rests on spending and commerce powers and shows no direct Bill of Rights breach or taking, but its omnibus federal control of largely state and local farm, food, forestry and development matters plus property-use conditions…
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VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 4714 · Jun 11, 2026
Voluntary Federal-State Fencing Modernization Grant Program Act of 2025
…I, Section 8, Clause 1 (General Welfare / spending power — tied to interstate commerce in agriculture and conservation of water/soil affecting multiple states). Tenth Amendment — preserves state control over land use; program is…
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VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 4716 · Jun 11, 2026
SNAP Fraud Data Reporting and Oversight Act of 2025
…to the USDA administrative law judge under the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause. Democratic priorities honored: protects SNAP funding from cuts, focuses on data-driven oversight rather than punitive measures, includes due process…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 1011: Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025
…rights and falls within Congress's spending power under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (General Welfare), it significantly consolidates decision-making at the federal level when states could reasonably administer such programs themselves.…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
S. 629: Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025
…expansion within Congress spending power under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. No rights restricted, no mandate imposed, no property taken, and no power consolidated beyond existing programs. Federal disaster cost-share payments rest on…