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34 results for “commerce clause”
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 11, 2026
H.R. 9332: Load Forecasting Enhancement Act
…matters under the Tenth Amendment. While Congress has power over interstate commerce (Commerce Clause, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3), the bill does not regulate interstate commerce in electricity; it mandates federal involvement in…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 3628: State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act
…plans, which is a modest federal nudge within the broad scope of interstate commerce and energy regulation. It does not infringe on individual rights, and it leaves substantial discretion to states. However, it does represent a federal…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 3632: Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025
…the federal government has enumerated authority over interstate electricity commerce, the bill's forced-operation provisions implicate the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause, and its broad environmental preemption consolidates power at the…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 5587: HEATS Act
…activity as a major federal action. No reliance on an expansive reading of the Commerce Clause in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 to regulate wholly state and private land activity. No provision of the first ten Amendments is infringed. The…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 3668: Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act
…power without a compelling constitutional justification. While Congress has Commerce Clause authority over interstate pipelines, the consolidation of decision-making at the federal level and the elimination of state authority represent…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 3638: Electric Supply Chain Act
…chain, a matter that crosses state lines and directly implicates interstate commerce. The bill imposes no restrictions on individual rights, no regulatory mandates on private conduct, and no taking of property. It also does not…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 11, 2026
H.R. 3657: Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act
…falls squarely within Congress's enumerated power to regulate interstate commerce and oversee federal agencies, and it enhances transparency and accountability without imposing new burdens on citizens or states. Congress has the authority…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 14, 2026
H.R. 9339: Affordable Innovation for the Grid Act
…action falls within the federal government's enumerated power over interstate commerce and national defense, does not infringe any constitutional right, and does not centralize decision-making beyond what is necessary for a federal study.…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 1047: GRID Power Act
…adequacy. This is an economic regulation reasonably tied to Congress's Commerce Clause power, does not infringe individual rights, and does not take property or bypass due process. The rulemaking and proposal-review process preserves…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 3616: Reliable Power Act
The Reliable Power Act is a constitutional exercise of Congress's interstate commerce power over the bulk-power system. It does not infringe the Bill of Rights, restrict individual liberty, commandeer states, or deprive anyone of property…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 5184: Affordable HOMES Act
HR 5184 is constitutional. It exercises Congress's broad Article I commerce power to rescind a federal energy efficiency rule for manufactured housing and to withdraw the Department of Energy's rulemaking authority in that area. The bill…
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VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 9332 · Oct 19, 2026
Voluntary Grid Forecasting Improvement and State Choice Act
…on state utility commissions or private utilities without clear interstate commerce authority and due process protections would raise federalism and Fifth Amendment Due Process concerns. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 Article I, Section 8,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.J.Res. 24: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers".
…authority. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 gives Congress power to regulate commerce among the states, and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 gives power to make laws necessary and proper for carrying federal powers into effect. Here Congress…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 11, 2026
H.R. 7257: SECURE Grid Act
…are related to the federal interest in energy security, interstate commerce, and national defense, which are within Congress's enumerated powers. The bill does not mandate state action but conditions funding, which is a permissible…