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1. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 14, 2026

   H.Res. 1340: Expressing strong opposition to the imposition of digital services taxes and other relevant similar measures by other countries that unfairly discriminate against United States companies.

   …or restrict individual rights. It falls within Congress's enumerated powers over foreign commerce and foreign affairs, and it does not infringe on any constitutional protections. The resolution appropriately supports the use of existing…

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

   S.J.Res. 37: A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada.

   …37 is constitutional. It uses Congress's Article I foreign-commerce and duties powers to end an executive emergency tariff regime on Canada, reducing burdens on liberty, property, and due process rather than creating new ones. Foreign…

3. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 11, 2026

   H.R. 1840: Closing the De Minimis Loophole Act

   The bill is a federal exercise of the foreign commerce power, which is explicitly enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. It does not infringe on individual rights, as it regulates the importation of goods, not speech, religion, or…

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

   S.J.Res. 49: A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs.

   …It exercises Congress's explicit Article I tariff and foreign-commerce powers to end an executive emergency tariff regime, infringes no rights, expands individual economic liberty, returns decision-making to the proper legislative level,…

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

   S.J.Res. 77: A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada.

   …77 is constitutional. Congress uses its Article I foreign-commerce and duties powers to end an executive emergency tariff on Canada, removing a burden on peaceful exchange, restoring legislative process, and pushing power away from…

6. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 20, 2026

   S. 5380: A bill to provide for a ten-year statute of limitations for export control violations under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018.

   …of a charging letter. While export controls fall within Congress's enumerated powers over foreign commerce and national security, the extension raises significant concerns under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments by lengthening the period of…

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

   S. 5254: Civil Nuclear Export Act of 2026

   …I, Section 8, Clause 18). The bill's provisions fall within these enumerated powers. The bill does not implicate any of the first ten amendments. It does not restrict speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, search…

8. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 9161 · Jun 08, 2026

   National Security Aluminum Scrap Export Investigation Act of 2025

   …and reliance on existing enforcement mechanisms rather than new regulatory powers. The original bill may lack clear legislative standards defining 'countries of concern' and the scope of the investigation, risking excessive delegation of…

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

   H.R. 6207: Chip EQUIP Act

   The bill is a conditional restriction on the use of federal funds, which falls within Congress's spending power. It does not directly infringe on constitutional rights, but it imposes a 10-year restriction on private conduct that may raise…

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

    S.J.Res. 88: A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs.

    …Under the First Amendment and the Tenth Amendment reservation of unlisted powers, ending the emergency expands rather than restricts liberty. The measure reduces government restriction on what persons may buy, sell, import, and use in…

11. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 10346 · Oct 16, 2026

    Cobalt Supply Chain Accountability and Sunset Act

    End the use of child labor and adult forced labor in cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and keep cobalt produced that way out of American supply chains. The Cobalt Supply Chain Accountability and Sunset Act would direct…

12. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 5252 · Aug 07, 2026

    Foreign Adversary AI Model Extraction Prevention Act of 2025

    …to challenge designations or restrictions. Risk of exceeding enumerated powers if the law attempts to regulate purely domestic research or development activities not involving foreign commerce. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (Commerce…