Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4312) to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair competition with respect to intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1005) to prohibit elementary and secondary schools from accepting funds from or entering into contracts with the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1049) to ensure that parents are aware of foreign influence in their child’s public school, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1069) to prohibit the availability of Federal education funds for elementary and secondary schools that receive direct or indirect support from the Government of the People’s Republic of China; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2965) to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a small business concern in a fiscal year is not greater than zero, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4305) to direct the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to establish a Red Tape Hotline to receive notifications of burdensome agency rules, and for other purposes.

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HRES 916 is a procedural resolution that sets the rules for debate and amendment of several bills in the House of Representatives. The Constitution expressly grants each chamber the authority to determine its own rules of proceedings (Article I, Section 5, Clause 2). The resolution does not enact any substantive law, infringe on individual rights, or exceed federal power. It is a routine exercise of internal legislative procedure and therefore fully constitutional.

• ✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
  Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 of the Constitution provides that 'Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings.' HRES 916 is a rule for considering multiple bills in the House. This is a direct exercise of that enumerated power. No other constitutional grant is needed for internal procedural rules.
• ✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
  The resolution does not restrict speech, religion, press, assembly, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial rights, jury rights, cruel and unusual punishment, or any other right protected by the first ten amendments. It is a purely procedural measure governing legislative debate.
• ✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
  The resolution imposes no restrictions on individuals' person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It does not command or prohibit any private conduct. It only governs how the House will consider legislation. The burden on government is met because the action is internal to Congress and does not affect individual liberty.
• ✓ Passes · Decentralization
  This resolution concerns the internal procedure of the federal House of Representatives. It does not involve matters that could be handled by individuals, local communities, or states. The four-question test is not applicable to internal legislative rules, but even if applied: (1) individuals cannot set House rules; (2) local communities cannot; (3) states cannot; (4) the action does not consolida…
• ✓ 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 procedural or substantive due process protections because it does not adjudicate rights or impose penalties. It is a procedural rule for legislative consideration, which is a political process not subject to the Due Process Clause.

Sources: Congress.gov: HRES 916 summary