How many powers of Congress does the Constitution list?

Answer 1

17

Answer 2

Powers Provided under Article I, Section 8

1.) To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States

2.) To borrow money on the credit of the United States

3.) To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the states and Native American tribes

4.) To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States

5.) To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures

6.) To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting of the securities and current coin of the United States

7.) To establish post offices and post roads

8.) To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries

9.) To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court

10.) To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of the nation

11.) To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water

12.) To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years

13.) To provide and maintain a navy

14.) To make rules for the government and regulation of the and naval forces

15.) To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions

16.) To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress

17.) To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the state in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyard's, and other needful buildings

18.) To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.

Powers Provided under Article IV, Section 3

1.) New states may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other state; nor any state be formed by the junction of two or more states, or parts of states, without the consent of the legislatures of the states concerned as well as of the Congress

2.) The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state.

Power Provided under Amendment XVI

1.) The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration

Answer 3

1)The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

2)To borrow money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

3)To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

4)To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

5)To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;

6)To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;

7)To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

8)To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

9)To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;

10)To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

11)To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

12)To provide and maintain a Navy;

13)To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

14)To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

15)To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

16)To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dockyards, and other needful Buildings;

17)To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof

Answer 4

Article 1 section 8, has a short set of powers then goes on to list 18 more in list style. Not including any amendments

Answer 5

Enumerated powers.

Answer 6

5