Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036.

Enumerated powers · passes

Congress has explicit authority over federal finance: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (power to lay and collect taxes and provide for common defence and general welfare and spending), Article I, Section 8, Clause 2 (borrow money), and Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 (appropriations and statements of receipts and expenditures). Setting budget levels and reconciliation procedures is core legislative power under Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 rulemaking.

Bill of Rights · passes

Resolution sets aggregate revenue, authority, outlays, deficits and enforcement procedures. It does not restrict speech, religion, press, assembly under First Amendment, does not regulate arms under Second Amendment, does not authorize searches under Fourth Amendment, and does not infringe 5th-8th Amendment trial or punishment rights. No rights restriction present.

Individual liberty · passes

Resolution does not restrict person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It directs House committees to submit recommendations and sets enforcement rules. Any future substantive tax or spending legislation under reconciliation would require separate grading, but this framework itself imposes no direct burden requiring compelling justification.

Decentralization · passes

Federal budgeting is inherently federal. Individuals, localities, and states cannot set federal revenues, federal debt limit, or federal committee allocations. The resolution does not consolidate state/local decisions upward; it governs only federal fiscal levels under Article I, Section 8 and Article I, Section 9. Passes four-question test as minimum necessary level.

Due process and takings · passes

No deprivation of life, liberty, or property, no criminal process, and no physical or regulatory taking. Fifth Amendment Due Process and Takings Clause not triggered. Reconciliation instructions and reserve fund adjustments affect internal congressional procedures, with fair notice through calendar placement and committee deadlines, not arbitrary adjudication against persons.