The followings are the powers of the US Congress:-
To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises,
To pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States
To borrow money on the credit of the United States;
To regulate commerce with foreign nations
To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin,
To fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and coin of the United States;
To establish post offices and post roads;
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;
To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;
To define and punish piracies and Felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the Law of Nations;
To declare war, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;
To raise and support armies,
To provide and maintain a Navy;
To make rules for the Government and regulation of the land and naval forces;
To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions.
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia
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.
