Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution

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Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution enumerates the specific powers granted to the United States Congress, including taxation, regulation of commerce, and authority over national defense and other key federal functions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Enumerated Powers Clause ⓘ
Necessary and Proper Clause section ⓘ
authorizes exclusive authority over places purchased for forts magazines arsenals dockyards and other needful buildings ⓘ
exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over the District that becomes the seat of government of the United States ⓘ
power to borrow money on the credit of the United States ⓘ
power to coin money ⓘ
power to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court ⓘ
power to declare war ⓘ
power to define and punish felonies committed on the high seas ⓘ
power to define and punish offenses against the law of nations ⓘ
power to define and punish piracies on the high seas ⓘ
power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization ⓘ
power to establish post offices ⓘ
power to establish post roads ⓘ
power to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies ⓘ
power to fix the standard of weights and measures ⓘ
power to govern such part of the militia as may be employed in the service of the United States ⓘ
power to grant letters of marque and reprisal ⓘ
power to lay and collect taxes ⓘ
power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution all other powers vested by the Constitution in the government of the United States or in any department or officer thereof ⓘ
power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers ⓘ
power to make rules concerning captures on land and water ⓘ
power to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces ⓘ
power to pay the debts of the United States ⓘ
power to promote the progress of science and useful arts ⓘ
power to provide and maintain a navy ⓘ
power to provide for arming the militia ⓘ
power to provide for calling forth the militia ⓘ
power to provide for disciplining the militia ⓘ
power to provide for organizing the militia ⓘ
power to provide for the common defense ⓘ
power to provide for the general welfare of the United States ⓘ
power to provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the current coin of the United States ⓘ
power to provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities of the United States ⓘ
power to raise armies ⓘ
power to regulate commerce among the several states ⓘ
power to regulate commerce with foreign nations ⓘ
power to regulate commerce with the Indian tribes ⓘ
power to regulate the value of coin and of foreign coin ⓘ
power to secure for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their writings and discoveries ⓘ
power to support armies ⓘ
cameIntoEffect 1789 ⓘ
contains Necessary and Proper Clause ⓘ
dateOfAdoption 1788 ⓘ
defines enumerated powers of Congress ⓘ
grantsPowerTo United States Congress ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legalSystem United States constitutional law ⓘ
partOf Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
requires acceptance of the seat of government district by Congress ⓘ
cession of the seat of government district by particular states ⓘ
reservesTo states the appointment of officers of the militia ⓘ
states the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress ⓘ
restricts appropriations of money for armies to a term not longer than two years ⓘ
setsMaximumAreaFor federal district not exceeding ten miles square ⓘ

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Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution → partOf → Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution → partOf → Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ