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11 results for “commerce clause”
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 2913: Ukraine Support Act
HR 2913 operates within core federal foreign-affairs, defense, and foreign-commerce powers, imposes no domestic rights restriction or taking, and federal action is the only competent level. SI review finds it constitutional. Congress has…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 14, 2026
H.R. 9171: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
…can be tied to the Property Clause (Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2) and the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3), funding entities like the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 5201: Kari's Law Reporting Act
…speech, property, or privacy. Because it operates within Congress's interstate commerce power and merely requires agency transparency, it is fully constitutional. Congress has authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 to regulate…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.Res. 1399: Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records relating to monetary settlements involving acts of sexual harassment.
House internal transparency rule squarely authorized by Article I, Section 5, Clauses 2-3. It spends no new private regulation, restricts no citizen liberty, centralizes no power, and takes no property. Any fairness concern about naming…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 1286: Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act
…property rights. Congress has explicit authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 to 'raise and support Armies' and under Clause 14 to 'make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.' The provision of…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 4275: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
…squarely within Congress's enumerated powers under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 11–16 (to raise and support Armies, provide and maintain a Navy, make rules for the regulation of the land and naval forces, and provide for calling forth the…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 471: Fix Our Forests Act
…government has explicit authority to manage federal lands under the Property Clause (Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2) and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18). The bill's provisions regarding forest management…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 13, 2026
S.Res. 852: A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
…exercise of Congress's legislative and oversight powers. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 grants Congress the power to provide for the common defense and general welfare, which encompasses foreign affairs and the conduct of foreign…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 11, 2026
H.R. 2069: Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025
…authority over its own spending and procurement. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 grants Congress the power to lay and collect taxes and provide for the common defense and general welfare, which includes the authority to appropriate and…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 4638: Federal Working Animal Protection Act
…plenary power over immigration and naturalization under Article I, Section 8, Clause 4. The bill does not restrict any right protected by the Bill of Rights, does not infringe individual sovereignty of U.S. nationals, respects…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
S. 32: LACA
…constitutional. Congress has explicit authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 9 to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court, and under Article III, Section 1 to ordain and establish lower federal courts and fix where they…