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1. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 10, 2026

   H.Res. 566: Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.

   This resolution is a procedural rule governing floor consideration of a reconciliation bill. It does not enact substantive law, appropriate funds, or restrict rights. It operates within the House's constitutional authority to determine its…

2. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 10, 2026

   H.Res. 1014: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7147) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

   This resolution is a procedural rule for considering two appropriations bills. It does not itself authorize any substantive policy, spending, or rights restriction. As a routine exercise of Congress's constitutional authority to determine…

3. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026

   H.Res. 432: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2550) to nullify the Executive order relating to Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, and for other purposes.

   The resolution is a procedural measure bringing H.R. 2550 before the House for consideration. The underlying bill would nullify an Executive Order and restore the ordinary statutory framework for federal labor-management relations.…

4. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026

   H.Res. 992: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7006) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

   This resolution is a procedural rule governing floor debate on an appropriations bill. It does not itself authorize any spending, restrict any right, or transfer power. It passes all five constitutional checks because it is a routine…

5. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026

   H.Res. 1142: Providing for disposition of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 7147) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

   This resolution is an internal House procedural measure governing how the House will dispose of a Senate amendment to an appropriations bill. It does not enact substantive policy, restrict rights, or transfer power beyond the federal…

6. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026

   H.Res. 1274: Providing that section 11 of House Resolution 1224 shall have no force or effect.

   This resolution is a purely procedural measure concerning the internal rules of the House of Representatives. It removes a requirement from a previous resolution that mandated the inclusion of a specific bill's text into another bill. The…

7. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

   H.Res. 1140: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5408) to accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act.

   House rules measure under Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 with no rights limit, no liberty limit, and no taking. Grade A. The House has direct text authority for this act under Article I, Section 5, Clause 2, which lets each House set the…

8. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

   H.Res. 1498: In the matter of allegations relating to Representative Chuck Edwards.

   House censure of its own Member is expressly authorized by Article I, Section 5, Clause 2. It infringes no Bill of Rights protection, restricts no private sovereignty, stays at the correct level of government, and follows Ethics Committee…

9. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

   S.Res. 377: An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.

   SRES 377 is a routine internal Senate procedural rule organizing en bloc consideration of executive and ambassador nominations. It rests squarely on Article II advice-and-consent authority and the Article I power of the Senate to set its…

10. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    S.Res. 412: An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.

    S. Res. 412 is an internal Senate procedural rule for voting on nominations en bloc. It rests on explicit Article I, Section 5 and Article II, Section 2 authority, infringes no rights, takes no property, and consolidates no power. The…

11. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    S.Res. 532: An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.

    …is an internal Senate procedural resolution exercising explicit constitutional powers over rules and nominations, with no rights infringement, sovereignty burden, upward consolidation, or due process issue. Analysis by SI finds it fully…

12. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 10, 2026

    H.Res. 405: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2240) to require the Attorney General to develop reports relating to violent attacks against law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2243) to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act and provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2255) to allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons, and for other purposes.

    …process. The underlying bills appear to fall within Congress's enumerated powers, and none of the provisions clearly infringe constitutional rights. The rule's restrictions on amendment and debate are typical House procedures and do not…

13. Bill (official record) · H.Con.Res. 77 · 119th Congress · Congress · Mar 12, 2026

    H.Con.Res. 77: Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in state of the remains of Army Major Jeffrey R. O'Brien, Captain Cody A. Khork, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan, Sergeant First Class Noah L. Tietjens, Sergeant First Class Nicole M. Amor, Sergeant Declan J. Coady, and Sergeant Benjamin N. Pennington.

    Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

14. Bill (official record) · H.R. 9104 · 117th Congress · Congress · Sep 30, 2022

    H.R. 9104: Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Congressional Gold Medal Act

    Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

15. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 10, 2026

    H.Res. 177: Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Certification Requirements, Labeling Requirements, and Enforcement Provisions for Certain Consumer Products and Commercial Equipment"; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 61) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing"; and providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 11) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management relating to "Protection of Marine Archaeologi

    This resolution is a procedural rule governing floor consideration of three Congressional Review Act disapproval resolutions. It does not itself enact substantive policy, but rather sets the terms for debate and voting on those measures.…

16. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026

    H.Res. 780: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1834) to advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.

    HRES 780 is a procedural resolution that sets the rule for considering another bill. It is a routine exercise of Congress's constitutional authority to determine its own rules under Article I, Section 5, Clause 2. The resolution does not…

17. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026

    H.R. 1834: To advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.

    HR 1834 extends the enhanced premium tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code. Congress has enumerated power under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 to lay and collect taxes and to provide for the general welfare. The bill imposes no…

18. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    H.Res. 1423: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 139) to make daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8595) making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9237) to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, and other Federal laws, to improve benefits for veterans and the administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1181) to prohibit payment card networks and covered entities from requiring the use of or assigning merchant category codes that distinguish a firearms retailer from general-merchandise retailer or sporting-goods retailer, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

    HRES 1423 is an internal House procedural rule authorized by Article I, Section 5. It takes no property, imposes no mandate, and infringes no rights; it only schedules debate on four bills. The House has explicit authority to adopt its own…

19. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    H.Res. 1398: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8595) making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1383) commemorating the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the Working Families Tax Cuts; and for other purposes.

    H. Res. 1398 is a routine House procedural rule setting terms for debating defense, national security, disability demonstration authority, and commemorative measures. The Constitution expressly lets the House set its own rules in Article…

20. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 11, 2026

    S. 2257: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026

    …make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution its enumerated powers. Funding the legislative branch is a necessary incident of the legislative power vested in Congress by Article I, Section 1. The bill appropriates funds…