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Congress has also delegated powers to lay duties and regulate commerce onto the president. It passed the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 , which allowed the president to oversee and restrict commerce and impose tariffs or sanctions whenever there is an ongoing war.
The enumerated powers (also called expressed powers, explicit powers or delegated powers) of the United States Congress are the powers granted to the federal government of the United States by the United States Constitution. Most of these powers are listed in Article I, Section 8.
Dole, [22]) or through the commerce power (directly pre-empt state law). However, Congress cannot directly compel states to enforce federal regulations. In Printz v. United States (1997), [23] the Court ruled that part of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act violated the Tenth Amendment. The act required state and local law enforcement ...
Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution explains the powers delegated to the federal House of Representatives and Senate.
This segment of the series on the U.S. Constitution discusses the powers delegated to Congress from making its rules to printing money.
Article I, Section 8 enumerates the powers delegated to the legislature. Financially, Congress has the power to tax, borrow, pay debt and provide for the common defense and the general welfare; to regulate commerce, bankruptcies, and coin money.
According to the Articles of Confederation, "each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated" (emphasis added). Thus, the Continental Congress had no powers incidental to those "expressly delegated" by the Articles of Confederation. [2]
Article Four gives Congress the power to admit new states into the Union. One of Congress's foremost non-legislative functions is the power to investigate and oversee the executive branch. [93] Congressional oversight is usually delegated to committees and is facilitated by Congress's subpoena power. [94]