Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 556) to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1958) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify that aliens who have been convicted of defrauding the United States Government or the unlawful receipt of public benefits are inadmissible and deportable; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4638) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an alien who has been convicted of harming animals used in law enforcement is inadmissible and deportable, and for other purposes; and relating to consideration of motions to suspend the rules.

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This House resolution is a procedural special rule governing floor consideration of three bills. It does not enact substantive law, restrict any individual right, or transfer governmental power. Under Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 of the Constitution, each House has the exclusive authority to determine the rules of its proceedings. The resolution is fully consistent with the Constitution.

• ✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
  Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 expressly grants each House of Congress the power to determine the rules of its proceedings. A special rule that sets the terms for floor debate and consideration of legislation is a direct exercise of that enumerated power. It also serves the Necessary and Proper clause under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 in carrying out the legislative function.
• ✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
  The resolution imposes no restriction on speech, religion, press, assembly, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, trial rights, or cruel punishment. It merely regulates how the House considers bills. The First through Ninth Amendments are not implicated.
• ✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
  The resolution does not restrict what any person may do with their person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It is an internal procedural measure for the House of Representatives, not a substantive rule of individual conduct.
• ✓ Passes · Decentralization
  This is a matter of internal legislative governance. There is no concentration of regulatory authority over individuals or states; Congress is setting its own deliberative process. The resolution does not shift power upward from states or localities, and it does not involve the Tenth Amendment because it is an exercise of the House's express power under Article I, Section 5.
• ✓ Passes · Due process and takings
  The resolution does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, and does not take private property. It does not bypass any fair hearing or notice rights. The Fifth Amendment Due Process and Takings Clauses are not implicated.

Sources: Congress.gov: HRES 1115 summary