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VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 2388 · Oct 08, 2026
Lower Elwha Trust Lands Restoration and Accountability Act
…is apparent from the excerpt, since trust acquisitions rest on the Indian Commerce Clause and the Property Clause. Any taking or impairment of valid existing private, state, or local rights would raise Fifth Amendment Takings Clause just…
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VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 226 · Oct 08, 2026
SI Cherokee Historic Sites Trust and River Protection Draft
…Congress can act here because Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 grants power over commerce with Indian Tribes and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 grants power over federal property, and those two provisions together control this trust…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 14, 2026
H.R. 226: Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act
…authority over Indian affairs under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the Indian Commerce Clause), which grants Congress the power 'to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.' Taking…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 11, 2026
H.R. 2400: Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2026
…Indian affairs and federal property. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (Indian Commerce Clause) grants Congress power to regulate commerce with Indian tribes, and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (Property Clause) grants Congress power to…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 14, 2026
H.R. 2302: Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025
…lands. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 grants Congress power to regulate commerce with Indian tribes, and the Property Clause (Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2) grants Congress power to dispose of and make rules respecting federal territory…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
S. 723: Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025
…has express authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 to regulate commerce with Indian tribes, and the federal government holds title to Indian trust land, placing management of that land within federal authority. Article IV, Section…