abstract:The Federal Power Act is a law appearing in Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the United States Code, entitled "Federal Regulation and Development of Power". Enacted as the Federal Water Power Act on June 10, 1920, and amended many times since,Digest of Federal Resource Laws of Interest to the U.
The Voting Rights Act gives the federal government the power to oversee any changes in voting procedures in states and jurisdictions with a history of voter discrimination.
In defending the constitutionality of the Act, the federal government relies upon the Commerce Clause of the Constitution as the enumerated power supposedly delegating authority to the federal government for this regulatory compulsion.