Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7147) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

Enumerated powers · passes

Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 grants each House of Congress the power to 'determine the Rules of its Proceedings.' This resolution is a procedural rule for considering appropriations bills, which falls squarely within that enumerated power. It does not purport to exercise any power beyond what the Constitution grants to Congress.

Bill of Rights · passes

This resolution is purely procedural and does not restrict speech, religion, press, assembly, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial rights, jury rights, or cruel and unusual punishment. It does not infringe any provision of the first ten amendments.

Individual liberty · passes

The resolution imposes no restriction on any individual's person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It merely sets the terms for floor debate and voting on two appropriations bills. No compelling justification is needed because no individual sovereignty is burdened.

Decentralization · passes

The resolution is a procedural action by Congress, the federal legislative body, concerning federal appropriations. The four-question test is designed for substantive policy actions, not internal legislative procedure. However, applying it: (1) an individual cannot handle federal appropriations; (2) a local community cannot; (3) a state cannot; (4) this does not consolidate decision-making upward because Congress is the proper body for federal appropriations. The resolution passes all four questions as a necessary exercise of federal legislative procedure.

Due process and takings · passes

The resolution does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, nor does it take private property for public use. It is a procedural rule for legislative consideration and does not implicate the Fifth Amendment's Due Process or Takings Clauses.