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

   H.R. 1968: Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

   …Second Amendment, or authorizes searches, seizures, or surveillance without warrant under the Fourth Amendment. The act is a funding continuation at prior-year levels with health program extensions and contains no criminal penalty, speech…

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

   H.R. 6938: Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026

   …the bill is a funding measure and does not direct censorship, disarmament, warrantless search, compelled testimony, or denial of trial rights. No provision described restricts speech, religion, press, assembly under the First Amendment,…

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

   H.R. 3944: Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026

   …adjudicate guilt, impose punishment without trial, authorize seizure without warrant, or take private property for public use. No procedural due process violation under the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause and no physical or regulatory…

4. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 13, 2026

   H.Con.Res. 113: 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.

   …which, while not explicitly prohibited, raises significant separation of powers and deliberation concerns. Additionally, the resolution's scope is limited to the federal government's own fiscal operations, and it does not infringe on…

5. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 14, 2026

   H.R. 9171: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027

   …Appropriations Clause). However, the Constitution limits federal spending to powers enumerated in Article I, Section 8. While funding the Department of the Interior, EPA, and related agencies for land management, environmental protection,…

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

   S. 2882: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026

   Temporary funding of authorized federal operations with tax and spending powers is core Article I activity, with no rights burden, no liberty restriction, and no taking or process denial. Congress has explicit authority to appropriate…

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

   H.R. 4: Rescissions Act of 2025

   …trial, jury, or punishment issues are present. Tenth Amendment reserved powers are respected by reducing federal outlays. The act imposes no mandate, prohibition, or penalty on personal conduct, property use, speech, labor, or belief. It…

8. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 08, 2026

   H.R. 8646: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027

   …a routine FY2027 funding measure grounded in the appropriations and spending powers. It creates no direct rights restriction, mandate, seizure, or taking, so it earns a B with only minor decentralization tension because large rural,…

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

   H.R. 9770: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027

   Routine continuing resolution exercising the express appropriations power in Article I, Section 9, Clause 7. It preserves existing federal operations, adds no new restriction on rights or private conduct, and takes no property. Congress…