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56 results for “war powers”
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 6416 · 118th Congress · Taxation · Dec 13, 2023
H.R. 6416: Russian War Crimes in Ukraine Tax Act
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 5.
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 13, 2026
H.R. 367: Territorial Tax Parity and Clarification Act
The bill is a narrow tax administration measure that extends existing IRS authority to the Virgin Islands, consistent with Congress's enumerated power to tax and spend under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. It does not infringe on any…
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 8214 · 119th Congress · Taxation · Apr 09, 2026
H.R. 8214: W.A.R. Act Wartime Anti-Profiteering and Relief Act
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 13, 2026
H.R. 508: Bring American Companies Home Act
…a federal tax incentive that falls within Congress's broad taxing and spending powers under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. It does not infringe on individual rights, respects decentralization by using incentives rather than mandates, and…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 997: National Taxpayer Advocate Enhancement Act of 2025
HR 997 is an internal organizational reform within Congress's tax power that creates no new regulatory burden, rights restriction, or taking. It remains within enumerated tax authority and improves taxpayer advocacy. Congress has explicit…
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VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 4780 · Jun 19, 2026
Food Security Micro-Grant Tax Exclusion Act of 2025
…Section 8, Clause 1 (Taxing Power) Tenth Amendment (reserving non-enumerated powers to states) Sixteenth Amendment (income tax)
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 11, 2026
H.R. 9498: Taxpayer Advocate Participation Act
This bill is fully constitutional. It authorizes the National Taxpayer Advocate to appear as amicus curiae in federal tax cases, which is a procedural expansion of an existing federal office's advocacy role. It does not expand federal…
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VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 10090 · Aug 17, 2026
Women's Athletics Fairness and Due Process Act
The bill aims to preserve fair competition and safety in women's intercollegiate sports by discouraging institutions from allowing biological males to compete in female-designated events. This Act establishes a fair, narrow excise tax on…
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VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 10102 · Aug 17, 2026
Data Center Community Investment Tax Credit Act of 2026
…funds are too prescriptive (Tenth Amendment). Risk of exceeding enumerated powers if the bill regulates intrastate data center operations not substantially affecting interstate commerce (Commerce Clause). Possible violation of equal…
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VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 10075 · Aug 13, 2026
Temporary Targeted Qualified Mortgage Bond Volume Cap Expansion Act of 2025
…Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (necessary and proper) Amendment X (reserved powers, as the bill leaves allocation discretion to states)
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 1253 · 119th Congress · Taxation · Feb 12, 2025
H.R. 1253: Fair SHARE Act of 2025
Fair Sharing of Highways and Roads for Electric Vehicles Act of 2025 This bill imposes a new excise tax in the amount of $1,000 on the sale of an electric vehicle and a new excise tax in the amount of $550 on the sale of a battery module…
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 517 · 119th Congress · Taxation · Jul 24, 2025
H.R. 517: Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act
…flood, or explosion that causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a request to postpone such federal tax deadlines. Further, under current law, an automatic extension of such federal tax deadlines applies to certain…
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 1849 · 119th Congress · Taxation · Feb 04, 2026
H.R. 1849: Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act of 2025
…state (or any political subdivision or instrumentality of the state), a joint powers authority, or an entity that was established by the state to provide essential or basic property insurance and is regulated by the state. Under the bill,…
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 9764 · 119th Congress · Taxation · Jul 16, 2026
H.R. 9764: HONOR Act
…paid to Russia. Under current law, a taxpayer may claim the FTC for income, war profits, and excess profits taxes (or taxes imposed in lieu of these taxes) paid, accrued, or deemed paid to a foreign country (and certain U.S. possessions),…
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 3291 · 119th Congress · Taxation · May 08, 2025
H.R. 3291: Certainty for Our Energy Future Act
Certainty for Our Energy Future Act This bill terminates federal tax credits for certain investments in and the production of electricity using wind and solar energy. The bill also prohibits certain entities connected with China, Russia,…
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 524 · 119th Congress · Taxation · Jan 16, 2025
H.R. 524: NO GOTION Act
No Official Giveaways Of Taxpayers’ Income to Oppressive Nations Act or the NO GOTION Act This bill prohibits an entity that is created in, organized in, or controlled (in the aggregate) by China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea, or an entity…