Constitution Index · H.Res. 102 · 2025-02-04

Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Homeland Security in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.

Latest official status (2025-02-04): Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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Constitutional grade

A

Constitutional

This resolution merely funds the internal operations of a House committee, an action squarely within Congress's constitutional authority to organize itself and appropriate funds. It does not infringe any constitutional right, restrict individual sovereignty, or centralize power beyond the legislative branch's inherent functions. The resolution is fully constitutional.

Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 Amendment X

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Enumerated powers · passes

Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 grants each House of Congress the power to determine its own rules of proceedings, and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 grants Congress the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution its enumerated powers. Funding a standing committee's expenses is a necessary incident of Congress's legislative function and its power to appropriate funds under Article I, Section 9, Clause 7. The resolution is a routine internal administrative measure.

Bill of Rights · passes

The resolution does not regulate speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, searches, seizures, 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 restrictions on personal conduct, property, speech, labor, or belief. It merely allocates funds for committee operations and does not burden any individual's liberty or property interests.

Decentralization · passes

This is a purely internal legislative matter. The questions of individual, local, or state handling are not applicable because the Constitution vests the legislative power in Congress, and the resolution does not consolidate any governmental authority beyond the federal legislative branch's inherent role. It does not implicate the Tenth Amendment because it does not exercise power over states or individuals.

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 involves no adjudicative or administrative action affecting individual rights, so procedural and substantive due process are not implicated.

Provenance

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761
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2026-10-13 22:20 UTC
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