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19 results for “commerce clause”
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VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 1468 · Jun 17, 2026
American Innovation Security and Oversight Act
…United States trade secrets substantially affects interstate and foreign commerce, and that a clear federal cause of action and enhanced penalties are necessary to protect national economic security. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. (a) 'Foreign state…
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VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 5383 · Aug 09, 2026
Synthetic Opioid Control and Interstate Enforcement Act of 2025
…using existing funding sources, and focusing enforcement on interstate commerce rather than broad federal mandates. Scheduling substances without clear scientific evidence may exceed the Commerce Clause if applied to purely intrastate…
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VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 5024 · Jul 18, 2026
Economic Espionage Adversarial Entity Designation Act of 2025
…8 limits: While the economic espionage statute is generally within Congress's commerce and foreign affairs powers, an arbitrary presumption without a factual nexus may exceed the Necessary and Proper Clause. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 11, 2026
H.R. 3203: Journalist Protection Act
…tensions. It falls within Congress's enumerated powers under the Commerce Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause, and it does not directly infringe any Bill of Rights protections. However, the creation of a special protected class for…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 2978: GUARD Act
…investment schemes is further supported by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (Commerce Clause). The bill does not create a new federal police power; it permits existing grant recipients to target fraud and directs FinCEN reporting, which is…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 08, 2026
S. 331: HALT Fentanyl Act
…I placement and uniform penalties for fentanyl-related trafficking fall within commerce authority and preserve trial rights, with a strong protective justification for a lethal interstate drug. Mandatory minimums and class-wide scheduling…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 14, 2026
H.R. 8005: Stop Pills That Kill Act
…constitutional concerns. While Congress has clear authority under the Commerce Clause to regulate the interstate drug trade, the bill's expansion of criminal penalties for possessing manufacturing equipment may overreach by criminalizing…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
…tensions. It falls within Congress's enumerated powers under the Commerce Clause and the Fourteenth Amendment's enforcement authority, does not directly infringe the Bill of Rights, and respects individual sovereignty by exempting the…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025
…by states, but does so within Congress's enumerated power over interstate commerce. It does not infringe individual rights or due process, but the creation of a federal coordination center consolidates law enforcement upward beyond what is…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 27: HALT Fentanyl Act
…and individual sovereignty. While Congress has enumerated power under the Commerce Clause to regulate controlled substances, permanently scheduling an entire class of substances without individualized assessment risks overreach, restricts…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 6260: Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025
…insurance fraud, which falls under Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). However, the bill redefines 'business of insurance' to include charitable bail funds that post bail, which are not…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 2240: Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act
…measure that falls within Congress's enumerated powers to regulate interstate commerce and to provide for the general welfare, and it does not infringe on individual rights. The primary constitutional concern is the potential for the data…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade F (Direct violation) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 5625: Cashless Bail Reporting Act
…under Article I, Section 8 to regulate state pretrial release procedures. The Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) does not apply because bail decisions are not interstate commerce. The Spending Clause (Article I, Section 8,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade F (Direct violation) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 3492: Protect Children’s Innocence Act
…powers by criminalizing purely local medical care without any interstate-commerce jurisdictional element, violates the Tenth Amendment, and intrudes on fundamental parental and individual liberty interests protected by the Due Process…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 13, 2026
H.Res. 26: Deeming certain conduct of members of Antifa as domestic terrorism and designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.
…in itself. This exceeds Congress's enumerated powers to regulate interstate commerce or provide for the common defense, as it targets domestic political activity rather than specific criminal acts. The resolution infringes on First…
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VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 5214 · Aug 05, 2026
Law Enforcement Protection Incentive Act of 2025
…I, Section 8: Lacks a clear enumerated power nexus unless tied to interstate commerce or federal property/officers. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (General Welfare – spending for general welfare via conditional grants) Article I, Section…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 35: Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act
…is arbitrary and not tied to any enumerated federal power such as regulating commerce or defending the nation. The Supreme Court has held that the federal government's power over immigration does not extend to creating general criminal…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.Res. 1252: Resolution memorializing law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
…No enumerated power is exceeded because the measure neither regulates commerce nor exercises any coercive federal authority. The resolution does not infringe any provision of the first ten amendments. It neither restricts speech, religion,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 2096: Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act
…rules is not tied to any enumerated federal power such as interstate commerce, and it oversteps the limited federal role in local law enforcement. The bill eliminates a requirement for public notice of disciplinary hearings, which…