Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2483) to reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2931) to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate certain offices of the Small Business Administration in sanctuary jurisdictions, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2966) to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to require an applicant for certain loans of the Administration to provide certain citizenship status documentation, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2987) to amend the Small Business Act to require a limit on the number of small business lending companies, and for other purposes.

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

This resolution is a procedural rule governing floor consideration of four bills in the House of Representatives. It does not enact substantive law, appropriate funds, or regulate private conduct. The Constitution grants each house of Congress the authority to determine its own rules of proceedings (Article I, Section 5, Clause 2), and this resolution is a textbook exercise of that authority. It does not infringe on any enumerated rights, does not restrict individual sovereignty, does not consolidate power beyond the necessary level (it is internal to the House), and does not implicate due process or takings concerns. The grade is A because the resolution is fully consistent with the Constitution.

• ✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
  The Constitution expressly grants each house of Congress the power to 'determine the Rules of its Proceedings' (Article I, Section 5, Clause 2). This resolution is a rule for the House's consideration of specific bills, so it falls squarely within that enumerated power. It does not attempt to exercise any power beyond that internal procedural authority.
• ✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
  The resolution does not affect speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial rights, jury rights, cruel and unusual punishment, unenumerated rights, or reserved powers. It is purely procedural and does not regulate any conduct protected by the Bill of Rights.
• ✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
  The resolution imposes no restrictions on individuals' person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It only sets the terms for legislative debate and amendment in the House. There is no burden on individual freedom, and no compelling justification is needed because no individual right is implicated.
• ✓ Passes · Decentralization
  This resolution is internal to the House of Representatives and does not involve any action by individuals, local communities, or states. It does not consolidate decision-making at a higher level of government; it is the House exercising its own constitutional rulemaking authority. The four-question test is not implicated because the resolution does not address any substantive policy area.
• ✓ Passes · Due process and takings
  The resolution does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, nor does it take property for public use. It does not bypass any procedural or substantive due process requirements. It is a legislative rule, not an adjudicative or administrative action affecting specific individuals.

Sources: Official text: HRES 458 (Engrossed in House)