HM 577

1	House Memorial
2	A memorial to the Congress of the United States, urging
3	Congress to honor the provisions of the Constitution of
4	the United States limiting the scope and exercise of
5	federal power to regulate commerce.
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7	WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the
8	United States proclaims: "The powers not delegated to the United
9	States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States,
10	are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.", and
11	WHEREAS, the Ninth Amendment to the Constitution of the
12	United States declares: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of
13	certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage
14	others retained by the people.", and
15	WHEREAS, pursuant to Article I, Section 8, of the
16	Constitution of the United States, Congress has the power to
17	regulate commerce among the several states, and
18	WHEREAS, during the United States Constitutional Convention
19	of 1787, the Founders rejected a plan that would have authorized
20	the Federal Government to regulate not only commerce among the
21	several states, but also any activity having spillover effects
22	across state lines, and
23	WHEREAS, the power to regulate intrastate commerce, and to
24	determine penalties relating to violations of intrastate
25	commerce law, is reserved to the states or the people under the
26	Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United
27	States, and
28	WHEREAS, all goods grown, manufactured, or made in Florida
29	and all services performed in Florida, when such goods or
30	services are sold, maintained, or retained in Florida, are not
31	subject to the authority of the Congress of the United States
32	under its constitutional power to regulate commerce among the
33	several states, NOW, THEREFORE,
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35	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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37	That the Legislature claims sovereignty under the Ninth and
38	Tenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States over
39	all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the Federal
40	Government by the Constitution of the United States.
41	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this memorial serves as a
42	notice and demand to the Federal Government that all goods
43	grown, manufactured, or made in Florida and all services
44	performed in Florida, when such goods or services are sold,
45	maintained, or retained in Florida, shall not be subject to the
46	authority of the Congress of the United States under its
47	constitutional power to regulate commerce.
48	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
49	dispatched to the President of the United States, to the
50	President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the
51	United States House of Representatives, and to each member of
52	the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.

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