Constitution Index · H.Con.Res. 30 · 2025-05-06

Expressing support for local law enforcement officers.

Latest official status (2025-05-20): Star Print ordered on the referred concurrent resolution.

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Constitutional grade

A

Constitutional

This concurrent resolution is purely expressive and symbolic. It does not authorize any federal action, spending, or regulation. It merely states support for local law enforcement, thanks officers and families, honors fallen officers, and encourages community collaboration. Because it imposes no legal obligation, restricts no rights, and does not expand federal power, it is fully constitutional.

Article I, Section 8

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Enumerated powers · passes

The resolution is a non-binding expression of sentiment by Congress. It does not exercise any enumerated power under Article I, Section 8, nor does it attempt to regulate, fund, or command any action. Such resolutions are a traditional form of congressional speech and do not require specific enumerated authority.

Bill of Rights · passes

The resolution does not restrict speech, religion, press, assembly, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial rights, or cruel and unusual punishment. It has no effect on any right protected by the first ten amendments.

Individual liberty · passes

The resolution imposes no restriction on any person's person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It is purely hortatory and does not command, forbid, or penalize any individual conduct.

Decentralization · passes

The resolution does not consolidate any decision-making authority. It merely expresses support for local law enforcement, which is inherently a local function. No individual, family, community, or state is displaced or overridden.

Due process and takings · passes

The resolution does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, nor does it take any property without just compensation. It creates no legal process or obligation.

Provenance

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525
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2026-10-10 15:20 UTC
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