Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the Department of Homeland Security.

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HRES 1128 is a non-binding House resolution expressing support for full funding of the Department of Homeland Security and thanking DHS employees. It does not enact law, authorize spending, or restrict any right. Congress has clear authority over federal appropriations and the common defense, and the resolution does not infringe on civil liberties, individual sovereignty, federalism, or due process.

• ✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
  The House of Representatives has authority to express its sentiment under Article I, Section 1. The subject matter — funding and supporting the Department of Homeland Security — falls within Congress's enumerated powers to provide for the common defence and general welfare, Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, and its exclusive power over appropriations under Article I, Section 9, Clause 7. The resolut…
• ✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
  The resolution imposes no legal requirement or prohibition. It does not restrict speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms-bearing, quartering, search, self-incrimination, due process, trial, jury, cruel punishment, unenumerated rights, or reserved powers. Therefore none of the first ten amendments is implicated.
• ✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
  The resolution does not regulate the conduct of any person. It merely expresses the House's support for DHS funding and gratitude to employees. It restricts no individual's control over person, property, speech, labor, or belief.
• ✓ Passes · Decentralization
  The resolution concerns a federal department, and homeland security and border functions are constitutionally assigned to the federal government. An individual cannot provide for national defense and border security alone; a local community cannot perform the federal immigration and security mission; and a state cannot replace DHS's federal functions. The resolution does not consolidate decision-m…
• ✓ Passes · Due process and takings
  The resolution has no operative legal effect. It creates no penalty, deprives no person of life, liberty, or property, and takes no private property. Therefore there is no procedural due process, substantive due process, or Takings Clause issue.

Sources: Congress.gov: HRES 1128 summary