Relating to consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

Enumerated powers · passes

The Constitution grants Congress the power to make laws and establishes the legislative process. Article I, Section 7 outlines the procedure for passing bills and resolutions, including the consideration of amendments. This resolution is a procedural step in that process, and Congress has the inherent authority to determine its own rules and procedures under Article I, Section 5, Clause 2. No enumerated power is exceeded.

Bill of Rights · passes

The resolution does not affect speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial by jury, or cruel and unusual punishment. It is purely a legislative procedural action and does not implicate any provision of the Bill of Rights.

Individual liberty · passes

The resolution does not restrict any individual's use of their person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It is an internal congressional action that does not directly regulate or restrict individual conduct. The burden on government to justify restrictions is not triggered because no restriction is imposed.

Decentralization · passes

This resolution is a matter of federal legislative procedure. It does not involve action that could be handled by individuals, local communities, or states, as it concerns the federal legislative process. It does not consolidate decision-making upward; it is the exercise of the federal legislative power at the federal level, as the Constitution provides. The Tenth Amendment is not implicated because the action is within the federal government's enumerated powers.

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 step in the legislative process and does not involve adjudicative or administrative action that would trigger procedural or substantive due process requirements. The Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment is not implicated.