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24 results for “war powers”
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 7618: American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2026
…and interpretation is voluntary, and the required studies of French and Indian War and Mexican-American War sites impose no mandate, prohibition, or condition on private owners. The government bears no additional burden here because no…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.J.Res. 60: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Park Service relating to "Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: Motor Vehicles".
…with presentment under Article I, Section 7. No retroactive penalty, no warrantless taking, and just compensation under the Fifth Amendment Takings Clause is not triggered.
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 11, 2026
S. 858: Hershel ‘Woody' Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act
This bill designates a location for a monument on federal land, which falls within Congress's enumerated power to manage and dispose of federal property under Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2. It does not restrict any rights, impose…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 14, 2026
H.R. 952: Reversionary Interest Conveyance Act
…trial, jury, cruel and unusual punishment, unenumerated rights, or reserved powers. It is a straightforward property conveyance. The bill imposes no restriction on individual liberty, property, speech, labor, or belief. To the contrary, it…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 13, 2026
S.J.Res. 89: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".
…the Tenth Amendment because it concerns federal property, not state police powers. The questions: (1) individuals cannot handle this because it involves federal land management; (2) local communities cannot handle this because the land is…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.J.Res. 130: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment.
Constitutional exercise of congressional power over federal lands. Congress used lawful Article I procedures and its Article IV property power to overturn an agency leasing closure, with no Bill of Rights, sovereignty, or due process…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 05, 2026
S. 2273: Wyoming Education Trust Modernization Act
…Administration of state trust funds for schools is within reserved state powers under the Tenth Amendment, not a federal enumerated-power question. No federal overreach. No provision restricts speech, religion, arms, searches, trial…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 14, 2026
H.R. 8454: To provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of California, and for other purposes.
…jury rights, cruel and unusual punishment, unenumerated rights, or reserved powers. It is a purely administrative land management measure. The bill does not restrict any individual's use of their person, property, speech, labor, or belief.…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 14, 2026
S. 790: A bill to redesignate the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the "Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center".
…trial, jury, cruel and unusual punishment, unenumerated rights, or reserved powers are affected. The bill imposes no restriction on any person's person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It does not command, forbid, or penalize any…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.J.Res. 106: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Central Yukon Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan".
HJRES 106 is a constitutional exercise of congressional control over federal lands and executive rulemaking. Under the Property Clause and lawful review procedures it nullifies an agency land plan, infringes no Bill of Rights protection,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 14, 2026
H.R. 5254: Gateway Partnership Act
The Gateway Partnership Act is a narrow, time-limited authorization for the National Park Service to enter into a single agreement with a private foundation to host private events at Gateway Arch National Park. It does not expand federal…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 14, 2026
H.R. 5729: North Rim Restoration Act
The North Rim Restoration Act is a federal action within the enumerated power to manage federal lands under Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2. It does not infringe on individual rights, and it does not take property without due process. The…
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VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 4238 · Jul 23, 2026
Endless Mountains Heritage Partnership Act
…power for heritage designation on private lands may exceed Congress's limited powers under Article I, Section 8. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (Spending Clause) Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (Commerce Clause – limited to interstate…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 261: Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025
The Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025 is fully constitutional. It restricts the Department of Commerce from imposing duplicative federal permit requirements on undersea cable activities in national marine sanctuaries when a state or…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.J.Res. 104: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".
HJRES 104 is a lawful exercise of Congress's Property Clause power that removes a federal closure and restores open leasing consideration, with no rights infringement, no sovereignty restraint, and no due-process taking. Congress has…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.J.Res. 140: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN.
Congress acted within its Property Clause authority over federal lands to disapprove a 20-year mineral withdrawal, with no Bill of Rights infringement, no restriction on private person or property, no upward consolidation beyond the…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 13, 2026
H.R. 1945: America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark Act
…designation of a national historic landmark, well within Congress's enumerated powers under the Property Clause and the General Welfare Clause. It does not infringe on any constitutional rights, respects individual sovereignty, and…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 11, 2026
H.R. 2196: National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Extension Act
…Clause (Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2). This bill does not exceed these powers. The bill imposes no restrictions on speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 11, 2026
H.R. 3922: Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions Act
…directs a study and recommendations within the federal government's enumerated powers over public lands and does not infringe any rights, restrict individual sovereignty, or violate due process. The bill directs the Government…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 4219: National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act of 2025
HR 4219 gives statutory authority to an existing refuge-based invasive species program and requires a progress report. Congress is acting on federal property it already owns, which the Property Clause expressly authorizes, with no rights…