A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035.

Enumerated powers · passes

Congress has explicit authority for this concurrent budget resolution under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 to lay and collect taxes and provide for the common defence and general welfare, Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 requiring appropriations made by law, and Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 authorizing each House to determine its rules of proceedings, which includes budget enforcement and reconciliation procedures.

Bill of Rights · passes

The resolution authorizes no search, seizure, speech restriction, arms restriction, or criminal punishment. It sets revenue, spending, deficit and debt levels and reconciliation instructions. No First through Tenth Amendment right is infringed.

Individual liberty · passes

The resolution restricts no personal conduct, speech, belief, labor, or use of private property. It directs House and Senate committees to report budgetary legislation within deficit limits. The burden on individual liberty is zero, and no justification under the Ninth Amendment retained rights or Fourteenth Amendment liberty is required.

Decentralization · passes

Under the Tenth Amendment, budgeting for the federal government is inherently a federal function. (1) Individuals cannot set federal revenues and outlays. (2) Local counties cannot manage national debt and Social Security administration. (3) States cannot set federal budget levels. (4) The action does not consolidate upward beyond the minimum necessary; it exercises only the existing federal fiscal power at its proper level.

Due process and takings · passes

No deprivation of life, liberty, or property and no taking occurs. The resolution creates no criminal liability, no forfeiture, and no seizure of private property under the Fifth Amendment Due Process and Takings Clauses. Future implementing legislation would be separately subject to due process and just compensation requirements.