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.

Enumerated powers · passes

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 substantive power beyond the House's internal governance. The resolution is squarely within the enumerated power granted to the House.

Bill of Rights · passes

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. No provision of the Bill of Rights is implicated.

Individual liberty · passes

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.

Decentralization · passes

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 resolution does not consolidate decision-making upward from any lower level of government; it is an exercise of the House's own constitutional authority.

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 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.