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6 results for “commerce clause”
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 1501: Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025
Federal permitting-reform bill grounded in the Commerce Clause and Property Clause that speeds existing reviews without infringing rights, sovereignty, or due process, and without expanding federal power. Congress acts within explicit…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.J.Res. 42: 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 for Appliance Standards: Certification Requirements, Labeling Requirements, and Enforcement Provisions for Certain Consumer Products and Commercial Equipment".
…under Article I, Section 1 vesting legislative power, Article I, Section 8 Clause 18 Necessary and Proper Clause to check executive implementation, and Article I, Section 7 presentment process, using the Congressional Review Act at 5…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 4626: Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act
…fully constitutional. It operates within Congress's enumerated power under the Commerce Clause to regulate energy conservation standards for appliances sold in interstate commerce. The bill does not infringe any Bill of Rights protections,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection Act
The Ratepayer Protection Act is constitutional. It rests on the Commerce Clause, infringes no Bill of Rights protection, preserves state decision-making by requiring only consideration of a cost-causer-pays standard, and provides no…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 4090: Critical Mineral Dominance Act
…and no upward power shift. Grounded in Article IV property power and foreign commerce study, this mineral plan earns top marks. Authority rests on Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2, giving Congress power to dispose of and make rules for…
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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…