Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4553) making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 104) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to ‘‘Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment’’; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 105) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to ‘‘North Dakota Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan’’; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 106) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to ‘‘Central Yukon Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan’’; 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 an appropriations bill and three Congressional Review Act disapproval resolutions. It does not itself enact substantive law, appropriate funds, or restrict rights. It falls squarely within Congress's constitutional authority to determine its own rules of proceeding under Article I, Section 5, Clause 2. No enumerated power is exceeded, no rights are infringed, and the resolution does not consolidate power or bypass due process. The grade is A.

• ✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
  The resolution is a rule for the consideration of legislation, which is a core exercise of Congress's constitutional authority under Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 to 'determine the Rules of its Proceedings.' It does not itself exercise any substantive power beyond that procedural authority. The underlying bills are within Congress's enumerated powers (appropriations under Article I, Section 8, Cl…
• ✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
  The resolution does not affect speech, religion, press, assembly, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial rights, or cruel and unusual punishment. It is purely procedural and does not infringe any provision of the Bill of Rights.
• ✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
  The resolution imposes no restrictions on individual conduct, property, speech, labor, or belief. It merely sets the terms for floor debate and votes on other measures. It does not burden individual liberty in any way.
• ✓ Passes · Decentralization
  This is a procedural rule for the House of Representatives. It does not involve individual, local, or state action; it is an internal legislative matter. The four-question test is not applicable to internal congressional procedure, but even if applied, the resolution does not consolidate decision-making upward because it is the legislative branch exercising its own constitutional function. The und…
• ✓ Passes · Due process and takings
  The resolution does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, nor does it take property without just compensation. It does not bypass any procedural or substantive due process requirements. It is a procedural rule for legislative consideration, which is a legitimate exercise of congressional authority.

Sources: Congress.gov: HRES 672 summary