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38 results for “war powers”
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.Res. 951: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4776) to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify ambiguous provisions and facilitate a more efficient, effective, and timely environmental review process; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1366) to provide for the location of multiple hardrock mining mill sites, to establish the Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 845) to require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue regulations removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3616) to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review regulations that may affect the reliable operation of the bulk-power system; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3632) to amend the Federal Power Act to adjust the requirements for orders, rules, and regulations relat
H.Res. 951 is a special rule of the House that sets terms for considering six bills. It is an exercise of the House's express constitutional authority to determine its own proceedings and does not enact any substantive policy by itself. It…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 10, 2026
H.Res. 707: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4922) to limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to individuals 18 years of age or younger, to direct the Attorney General of the District of Columbia to establish and operate a publicly accessible website containing updated statistics on juvenile crime in the District of Columbia, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting changes to existing criminal liability sentences, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5143) to establish standards for law enforcement officers in the District of Columbia to engage in vehicular pursuits of suspects, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5140) to lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5125) to amend the
…the underlying bills include provisions that exceed federal enumerated powers. For example, H.R. 4922 and H.R. 5125 seek to amend the D.C. Home Rule Act to restrict the D.C. Council's authority over criminal sentencing and to terminate the…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 13, 2026
H.Res. 102: Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Homeland Security in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.
…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,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade F (Direct violation) · Oct 13, 2026
H.Res. 539: Censuring Representative LaMonica McIver and removing her from the Committee on Homeland Security.
…First Amendment's Speech and Debate Clause and the principle of separation of powers. The Constitution grants each chamber of Congress the sole authority to discipline its own members, but the punishment of censure and committee removal…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.Res. 1115: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 556) to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1958) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify that aliens who have been convicted of defrauding the United States Government or the unlawful receipt of public benefits are inadmissible and deportable; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4638) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an alien who has been convicted of harming animals used in law enforcement is inadmissible and deportable, and for other purposes; and relating to consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
This House resolution is a procedural special rule governing floor consideration of three bills. It does not enact substantive law, restrict any individual right, or transfer governmental power. Under Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 of the…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.Res. 1336: Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
House Resolution 1336 is an internal procedural waiver allowing same-day consideration of specified Rules Committee reports. Under Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 each House may set its own rules. It restricts no rights, takes no property,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 10, 2026
H.Res. 377: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 276) to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the ‘‘Gulf of America”, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 881) to establish Department of Homeland Security funding restrictions on institutions of higher education that have a relationship with Confucius Institutes, and for other purposes.
…does not directly infringe on individual rights or exceed federal enumerated powers, but the underlying funding restriction bill could implicate First Amendment and Tenth Amendment concerns if enacted. Overall, the resolution is mostly…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 10, 2026
H.Res. 590: Relating to consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
…implicated because the action is within the federal government's enumerated powers. The resolution does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, nor does it take private property for public use. It is a procedural step in the…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.Res. 873: Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 5371) making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes.
This resolution is a purely procedural measure that sets the terms for House consideration of a Senate amendment to a continuing appropriations bill. It does not enact any substantive policy, infringe on any rights, or exceed Congress's…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 14, 2026
H.Res. 1430: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R.185) to advance responsible policies.
…be handled by individuals, localities, or states. The Tenth Amendment reserves powers not delegated to the United States to the states or the people, but the power to set House rules is explicitly delegated to Congress by Article I,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.Res. 1224: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7567) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2031, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2616) to require public elementary and middle schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a minor’s gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 33) 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; providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1318) to direct the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a program to identify American-Jewish serviceme
HRES 1224 is a procedural resolution that sets the terms for considering several bills. The Constitution expressly grants each house of Congress the authority to determine its own rules of proceeding (Article I, Section 5, Clause 2). The…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 14, 2026
H.Res. 1441: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9586) to deliver priority legislation.
…function. No substantive law is enacted, so no question of enumerated powers beyond this procedural authority arises. This resolution does not regulate speech, religion, press, assembly, arms, searches, seizures, trials, punishments, or…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 10, 2026
H.Res. 294: Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 18) disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions"; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 28) disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications"; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1526) to amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the authority of district courts to provide injunctive relief, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 22) to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.
…it does not infringe upon any constitutional rights or exceed the enumerated powers of Congress. The underlying measures it schedules for consideration are not being graded here; only the procedural resolution itself is assessed. The…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.Res. 1095: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7744) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.
This resolution is a procedural rule for considering an appropriations bill. It does not itself enact any substantive policy, restrict rights, or expand federal power beyond what the Constitution already authorizes through the…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.Res. 1042: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2189) to modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 261) to amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prohibit requiring an authorization for the installation, continued presence, operation, maintenance, repair, or recovery of undersea fiber optic cables in a national marine sanctuary if such activities have previously been authorized by a Federal or State agency; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3617) to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other materials, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.
…consideration of bills is a direct exercise of that authority. The enumerated-powers question for the underlying bills is separate; this rule itself is within Congress's express procedural power. The resolution does not regulate speech,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.Res. 518: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2913) to authorize support for Ukraine, and for other purposes.
HRES 518 is an internal House procedural rule authorized by Article I, Section 5, Clause 2. It spends nothing, mandates nothing for the public, infringes no rights, and consolidates no power. Constitutionally sound SI legislative…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.Res. 1399: Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records relating to monetary settlements involving acts of sexual harassment.
House internal transparency rule squarely authorized by Article I, Section 5, Clauses 2-3. It spends no new private regulation, restricts no citizen liberty, centralizes no power, and takes no property. Any fairness concern about naming…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.Res. 1275: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5625) to direct the Attorney General to make publicly available a list of each State and unit of local government that permits cashless bail, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6260) to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit fraud in connection with posting bail; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8365) to provide for conditions on the appointment of monitors by courts, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 96) expressing support for law enforcement officers; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8469) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.
HRES 1275 is a procedural rule establishing the terms for floor consideration of several listed measures. The House of Representatives has express constitutional authority under Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 to determine the rules of its…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.Res. 1032: Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to 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 joint resolution (H.J. Res. 142) disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4090) to codify certain provisions of certain Executive Orders relating to domestic mining and hardrock mineral resources, and for other purposes.
This resolution is a procedural rule for floor consideration of three separate legislative items. It does not itself enact any substantive law, restrict any right, or exercise any power beyond the House's constitutional authority to set…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.Res. 1189: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4690) to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to repeal certain Federal building energy efficiency performance standards, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1182) expressing support for rural communities across the United States as stewards of the environment, major suppliers of United States energy resources, critical providers of food production and manufacturing capacity, and drivers of national economic stability, and recognizing the work of the House of Representatives in the 119th Congress in support of those vital communities; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1897) to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to optimize conservation through resource prioritization, incentivize wildlife conservation on private lands, provide for greater incentives to recover listed species, create greater transparency and accountability in recovering listed species, stre
…It is therefore fully constitutional. The Constitution vests all legislative powers in Congress (Article I, Section 1) and specifically grants each House authority to determine its own rules of proceedings (Article I, Section 5, Clause 2).…