Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 142) disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4090) to codify certain provisions of certain Executive Orders relating to domestic mining and hardrock mineral resources, and for other purposes.

SI-generated grade · five published checks · not individually reviewed by a person · methodology

This resolution is a procedural rule for floor consideration of three separate legislative items. It does not itself enact any substantive law, restrict any right, or exercise any power beyond the House's constitutional authority to set its own rules of proceeding under Article I, Section 5, Clause 2. The resolution passes all five constitutional checks with no infringement.

• ✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
  Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 grants each House of Congress the power to 'determine the Rules of its Proceedings.' HRES 1032 is a simple resolution that sets the terms for debating and voting on three other bills. It does not itself appropriate funds, regulate commerce, or exercise any substantive power. The resolution is squarely within the House's enumerated procedural authority.
• ✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
  The resolution is a procedural rule for floor consideration. It does not restrict speech, press, assembly, religion, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial rights, jury rights, or cruel and unusual punishment. It does not infringe any provision of the first ten amendments.
• ✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
  The resolution imposes no restriction on any person's person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It governs only the internal legislative process of the House of Representatives. No individual's sovereignty is burdened or limited by this procedural measure.
• ✓ Passes · Decentralization
  This resolution concerns only the internal rulemaking of the House of Representatives, a federal body. The four-question test is designed for substantive government actions affecting individuals or lower levels of government. A procedural rule for floor debate cannot be handled by an individual, family, local community, or state because it is a matter of federal legislative procedure. The resoluti…
• ✓ Passes · Due process and takings
  The resolution does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, nor does it take private property for public use. It provides no punishment, no adjudication, and no deprivation. Procedural and substantive due process are not implicated. The Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause is not triggered.

Sources: Congress.gov: HRES 1032 summary