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20 results for “commerce clause”

1. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 5178 · Aug 02, 2026

   Small Entity Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act of 2025

   …the Necessary and Proper Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18) and the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3), so no major constitutional concerns arise. However, to avoid any Tenth Amendment commandeering, the bill should not…

2. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 4123 · Jul 23, 2026

   Federal IT Procurement Reform and Sunset Act of 2025

   …state/local governments, it may exceed Congress's enumerated powers under the Commerce Clause and violate the Tenth Amendment. If the original bill lacks a clear funding source or sunset, it may violate Article I, Section 9, Clause 7…

3. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 4782 · Jun 17, 2026

   Interstate Scam Coordination and Consumer Alert Act of 2025

   …and public awareness regarding scams that substantially affect interstate commerce, without supplanting or limiting state and local fraud-prevention efforts. Section 3. Scam Coordination Steering Committee. (a) There is established within…

4. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 10070 · Aug 14, 2026

   Border Patrol Overtime Parity and Accountability Act

   …overtime eligibility without clear standards. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (Commerce with Foreign Nations) Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 (Rule of Naturalization) Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause) Tenth…

5. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S.J.Res. 212 · Aug 11, 2026

   Citizen Voter Integrity and Federal Election Assurance Act of 2025

   …on states, intruding on the states' reserved power under Article I, Section 2, Clause 1 and the Tenth Amendment over their own election elector qualifications. A constitutional amendment is unnecessary because 18 U.S.C. § 611 already makes…

6. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 8107 · Jun 10, 2026

   Federal Grant Accountability and Transparency Enhancement Act of 2025

   …by avoiding commandeering, limits federal mandates, includes a sunset clause to prevent permanent expansion, and uses risk-based audits to reduce bureaucratic overreach. The original bill may have imposed direct mandates on state…

7. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 6916 · Jun 10, 2026

   Federal Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention Act of 2025 (Constitutional Revision)

   …federal spending without new taxes, uses existing funds, and includes a sunset clause to prevent permanent bureaucracy. The original bill may have created new federal mandates on state and local governments without clear constitutional…

8. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 1163 · May 13, 2026

   Enhanced Prove It Act

   …congressional oversight of unelected bureaucrats. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause for overseeing execution of laws) Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 (Appropriations Clause for funding controls) Article I, Section…

9. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 10114 · Aug 21, 2026

   Mary Kageyama Nomura Post Office Building Designation Act of 2025

   …priorities of fiscal restraint and limited government by imposing a sunset clause and using existing funds without new appropriations. Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 (Postal Clause) Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper…

10. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 10429 · Oct 15, 2026

    Detective Allan Reddins Post Office Designation with Cost Cap and Oversight

    …post office, and limits that power to federal property. Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 grants power over post offices, with Clause 18 for laws needed to carry it out, while the Tenth Amendment keeps all other property and police powers…

11. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 10755 · Oct 15, 2026

    Eugene Gates Jr. Post Office Designation with Cost Cap and Review

    …Constitution gives Congress direct power to do this job. Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 grants Congress power to establish post offices. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 allows the steps needed to carry that power out, such as signs and…

12. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 6006 · Oct 12, 2026

    Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Post Office Designation with Cost Cap and Oversight

    …after them. Congress has plain power to do this naming. Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 grants Congress power to establish post offices, and Clause 18 allows laws needed to carry that power into effect, while the Tenth Amendment leaves…

13. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 4952 · Jul 16, 2026

    Federal Program Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act of 2025

    …penalties for program fraud may implicate Eighth Amendment excessive fines clause if disproportionate to harm. New oversight bodies or mandates may exceed enumerated powers if they regulate state-administered federal programs under the…

14. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 8312 · Jun 10, 2026

    Federal Program Integrity and Oversight Enhancement Act

    …in all federal programs funded by appropriations under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. The Commission shall consist of five members appointed by the Comptroller General, with no more than three from the same political party, serving…

15. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 10131 · Aug 22, 2026

    Federal Records Center Preservation and Access Assurance Act of 2025

    …conditioning funding or requiring procedural safeguards. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause to carry out the power of Congress to oversee the executive and to legislate on matters of federal records). Article I,…

16. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 5416 · Oct 16, 2026

    Detective Allan Reddins Post Office Honor with Cost Cap and Review

    …through the postal power, and that power is limited. Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 grants Congress authority to establish post offices, which governs this naming because the building is a federal postal facility. The Tenth Amendment…

17. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 5271 · Aug 10, 2026

    Secure and Accessible Federal Elections Act of 2025

    …alternative verification methods, potentially violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Congress's power under Article I, Section 4 to regulate the manner of federal elections must be exercised in a way that does…

18. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 8193 · Oct 12, 2026

    Honorary Naming of the Gil Whitney Post Office in Xenia, Ohio, With Cost Cap

    …in Xenia, Ohio, for him. Congress has direct power here. Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 grants Congress power to establish post offices, and the Tenth Amendment leaves all other local honors and property decisions to the states and people.…

19. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 7365 · Oct 12, 2026

    Colonel Edward Shames Post Office Designation with Cost Cap and Oversight

    …tribute with clear oversight and a defined review point. Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 Tenth Amendment

20. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 4722 · Jun 11, 2026

    Post Office Naming Enhancement Act of 2025

    …priority for limited government and no new spending. Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 (postal power)