Constitution Index · H.Con.Res. 30 · 2025-05-06
Expressing support for local law enforcement officers.
Latest official status (2025-05-20): Star Print ordered on the referred concurrent resolution.
Constitutional grade
A
Constitutional
This concurrent resolution is purely expressive and symbolic. It does not authorize any federal action, spending, or regulation. It merely states support for local law enforcement, thanks officers and families, honors fallen officers, and encourages community collaboration. Because it imposes no legal obligation, restricts no rights, and does not expand federal power, it is fully constitutional.
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The five checks
Enumerated powers · passes
The resolution is a non-binding expression of sentiment by Congress. It does not exercise any enumerated power under Article I, Section 8, nor does it attempt to regulate, fund, or command any action. Such resolutions are a traditional form of congressional speech and do not require specific enumerated authority.
Bill of Rights · passes
The resolution does not restrict speech, religion, press, assembly, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial rights, or cruel and unusual punishment. It has no effect on any right protected by the first ten amendments.
Individual liberty · passes
The resolution imposes no restriction on any person's person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It is purely hortatory and does not command, forbid, or penalize any individual conduct.
Decentralization · passes
The resolution does not consolidate any decision-making authority. It merely expresses support for local law enforcement, which is inherently a local function. No individual, family, community, or state is displaced or overridden.
Due process and takings · passes
The resolution does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, nor does it take any property without just compensation. It creates no legal process or obligation.
Provenance
- Congress.gov: HCONRES 30 summary · fetched 2026-10-08 · official page ↗
Version history · never overwritten
| Grade | Graded | Rubric | Source hash | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A · #525 | 2026-10-10 | vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0 | b0ab1f569e35 | current |
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Values for America. “Constitutional grade: H.Con.Res. 30, Expressing support for local law enforcement officers..” VFA Constitution Index, grade 525 (rubric vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0), graded October 10, 2026. https://www.valuesforamerica.com/constitution-index/grades/525. Accessed 2026-10-19.
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