Constitution

Federated States of Micronesia 1978 Constitution (reviewed 1990)

ARTICLE VIII. POWERS OF GOVERNMENT

Section 1

A power expressly delegated to the national government, or a power of such an indisputably national character as to be beyond the power of a state to control, is a national power.

Section 2

A power not expressly delegated to the national government, or prohibited to the states is a state power.

Section 3

State and local governments are prohibited from imposing taxes which restrict interstate commerce.