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28 results for “commerce clause”
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 3422: Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act
…The SEC's authority derives from Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. Securities transactions are a well-established part of interstate commerce, and the SEC's Office of the Advocate for…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 5764: AI for Main Street Act
…guidance on artificial intelligence, operating within Congress's enumerated commerce power, infringing no rights, and imposing no mandates or takings. Congress has authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (Commerce Clause) to support…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 4305: DUMP Red Tape Act
…has authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 to regulate interstate commerce and under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 to make laws necessary and proper for executing federal governmental functions. This bill does not regulate…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 5763: Main Street Parity Act
…Main Street Parity Act is likely constitutional. Congress has the spending and commerce power to administer Small Business Administration lending, the bill does not infringe the Bill of Rights or individual sovereignty, and it creates no…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 09, 2026
S. 3971: Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act
…has minor constitutional tensions. It operates within Congress's enumerated commerce and spending powers, does not directly infringe the Bill of Rights, and preserves individual sovereignty. However, the security-risk evaluation…
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Bill (official record) · H.J.Res. 186 · 118th Congress · Commerce · Jul 11, 2024
H.J.Res. 186: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Trade Commission entitled "Non-Compete Clause Rule".
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 2931: Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025
…powers over immigration (Article I, Section 8, Clause 4) and interstate commerce (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The bill's purpose is to influence immigration enforcement, and the relocation of SBA offices is a federal property…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 2965: Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025
…over the internal operations of the executive branch. It does not regulate commerce directly but rather limits the SBA's own rulemaking costs. The bill does not infringe any provision of the Bill of Rights. It does not restrict speech,…