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5 results for “Fourth Amendment”
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Amendment IV: Searches and Seizures
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 13, 2026
H.R. 331: To amend the Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act to clarify a provision relating to conveyances for aquifer recharge purposes.
…property management statute that imposes no burdens on personal liberties. No amendment is implicated. The bill expands voluntary options for water rights holders, states, tribes, and public entities to use existing authorizations for…
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VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 3857 · Oct 15, 2026
Improved Snow Forecasts with Capped Funding and State Protections
…commerce support data collection for federal projects, while the Tenth Amendment leaves water rights and allocation decisions to the states and existing contracts. The Snow Forecast Improvement and Accountability Act would reauthorize the…
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SI Senate measure · SI Senate measure on Aquifer recharge conveyances across federal public lands · Oct 16, 2026
Public Lands Aquifer Recharge Partnership and Accountability Measure
…of existing rights-of-way across Bureau of Land Management land. The Tenth Amendment reserves water allocation to the states and to Tribal authority. This measure would stay inside that division: it would streamline only the federal…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 13, 2026
H.R. 131: Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act
…property management powers. The bill does not implicate any of the first ten amendments. It does not affect speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial…