<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Commerce Clause describes an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The clause states that the United States Congress shall have power "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes ." Courts and commentators have tended to discuss each of these three areas of commerce as a separate power granted to Congress . It is common to see the individual components of the Commerce Clause referred to under specific terms: the Foreign Commerce Clause, the Interstate Commerce Clause, and the Indian Commerce Clause . </P> <P> Dispute exists within the courts as to the range of powers granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause . As noted below, it is often paired with the Necessary and Proper Clause, and the combination used to take a broad, expansive perspective of these powers . However, the effect of the Commerce Clause has varied significantly depending on the US Supreme Court's interpretation . </P>

The commerce clause entitles congress to do what