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6 results for “commerce clause”
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 1917: Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025
…constitutional. It operates within Congress's enumerated powers under the Commerce Clause and Property Clause, does not infringe any Bill of Rights protections, respects individual sovereignty, passes all decentralization tests, and…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 11, 2026
H.R. 9617: CHARM Act
…from discarded materials. While the federal government has authority under the Commerce Clause and its property powers to address waste and resource recovery, the bill's broad delegation to the EPA and its reporting requirements create…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 4776: SPEED Act
…for major federal actions. Congress has clear enumerated authority under the Commerce Clause and the Property Clause to regulate the environmental effects of federal projects and to define the procedures for such reviews. The bill does not…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 375: Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2025
The bill generally operates within federal enumerated powers over interstate commerce, public lands, and scientific research, and it respects state and private property rights by requiring consent for actions on non-federal land. However,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 14, 2026
H.R. 2709: Save Our Sequoias Act
…within the scope of federal authority over public lands and interstate commerce, but it raises minor concerns regarding the breadth of the emergency declaration and the potential for federal overreach into state and local land management…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 1366: Mining Regulatory Clarity Act
…Clarity Act is mostly sound but has minor tensions with the Property Clause and the Ninth Amendment. It operates within Congress's enumerated power over federal lands, does not directly infringe the Bill of Rights, and preserves individual…