Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5371) making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 719) honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk; and for other purposes.

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This resolution is a procedural rule governing floor consideration of a continuing appropriations bill and a commemorative resolution. It does not grant any new substantive power, restrict any right, or take any property. It operates entirely within the House's constitutional authority to determine its own rules of proceedings under Article I, Section 5, Clause 2. No constitutional violation is present.

• ✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
  Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 of the Constitution provides that 'Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings.' H. Res. 722 is a procedural rule of the House of Representatives that sets the terms for debating and voting on H.R. 5371 (a continuing appropriations bill) and H. Res. 719 (a commemorative resolution). It does not itself appropriate funds, regulate commerce, or exercise any su…
• ✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
  The resolution does not restrict speech, press, assembly, religion, petition, the right to keep and bear arms, protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, self-incrimination, due process, takings, fair trial, jury trial, cruel and unusual punishment, or any other right enumerated in the first ten amendments. It merely sets procedural rules for floor consideration of two other measures. …
• ✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
  The resolution imposes no restriction on any individual's person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It governs only the internal legislative process of the House of Representatives. Individual sovereignty is not affected because the resolution does not command, prohibit, or penalize any private conduct. The government has no burden to justify a restriction because no restriction exists.
• ✓ Passes · Decentralization
  This resolution is a purely internal procedural rule of the House of Representatives. It does not involve any action that could be handled by an individual, family, local community, or state. The four-question test is not applicable to internal legislative procedure, as the Constitution expressly vests each House with the power to determine its own rules (Article I, Section 5, Clause 2). The resol…
• ✓ 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 does not bypass any judicial or administrative due process because it operates solely within the legislative branch's internal proceedings. No procedural or substantive due process rights are affected, and no takings occur.

Sources: Official text: HRES 722 (Engrossed in House)