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1. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 10, 2026

   H.R. 375: Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2025

   The bill generally operates within federal enumerated powers over interstate commerce, public lands, and scientific research, and it respects state and private property rights by requiring consent for actions on non-federal land. However,…

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

   H.R. 359: Cost-Share Accountability Act of 2025

   …has the enumerated power to legislate regarding energy policy under the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) and the Spending Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 1). The bill merely requires reporting on the use of existing…

3. 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

   …provisions (H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015, H.R. 3062) that may fall under the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3), but the interconnection queue reform and border-crossing facility provisions may exceed the scope of federal authority…

4. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026

   H.Res. 977: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4593) to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise the definition of showerhead; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5184) to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from enforcing energy efficiency standards applicable to manufactured housing, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6938) making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

   …The underlying bills fall within Congress's enumerated powers over interstate commerce and federal appropriations. Nothing in the resolution restricts individual rights, violates due process, or improperly centralizes power beyond the…

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

   H.J.Res. 88: Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Advanced Clean Cars II; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision".

   HJRES 88 is constitutional. Congress used its enumerated commerce and oversight powers through lawful procedure to nullify an agency waiver, infringed no Bill of Rights protection, expanded individual choice by removing a mandate,…

6. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 11, 2026

   S. 3302: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act of 2025

   …constitutional exercise of Congress's enumerated power to regulate interstate commerce and promote medical progress, does not infringe on any constitutional rights, and appropriately delegates implementation to federal agencies without…

7. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026

   S. 1020: A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects.

   …deadlines for existing hydropower licenses, an action well within Congress's Commerce Clause authority. It does not infringe any Bill of Rights protections, restrict individual sovereignty, consolidate power upward, or violate due process…

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

   S. 5301: Voice for Farm Workers Act

   …the federal government's enumerated powers over agriculture and interstate commerce, and it does not infringe on individual rights. However, it consolidates farmworker outreach and coordination at the federal level, which could be handled…

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

   S. 5254: Civil Nuclear Export Act of 2026

   The bill operates within Congress's enumerated power to regulate foreign commerce and to create and fund federal agencies, and it does not infringe on individual rights. The main constitutional concerns are the expansion of federal…

10. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 13, 2026

    H.R. 1190: Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act

    …power. It is a modest exercise of Congress's enumerated power over interstate commerce and securities regulation, and it leaves all substantive decision-making with existing state and local actors. Congress has authority under Article I,…

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

    S. 550: A bill to provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois, and for other purposes.

    …authority over Indian affairs under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the Indian Commerce Clause), which grants Congress power 'to regulate Commerce with the Indian Tribes.' This bill directly addresses a tribal land claim and the…

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

    H.R. 1309: Protect America’s Lands Act

    …securities, which falls within Congress's enumerated power over interstate commerce and securities regulation. It does not directly infringe on individual rights, but it does restrict the ability of natural asset companies to access…

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

    H.R. 1850: CRUDE Act

    …which is a permissible exercise of Congress's enumerated powers over foreign commerce and national defense. It does not infringe on individual rights, and it generally supports decentralization by reducing federal control over energy…

14. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 11, 2026

    H.R. 1901: CHIPP Act

    …traditional scope of enumerated powers. The bill does not regulate interstate commerce (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) in a way that justifies a permanent federal health insurance program for children. The Tenth Amendment reserves to the…

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

    H.R. 8897: Improving Travel for American Families Act

    Constitutional pilot program within Congress commerce power that eases travel burdens without infringing rights, restricting liberty, centralizing new power, or bypassing due process. Congress has authority over interstate air…

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

    H.R. 4090: Critical Mineral Dominance Act

    …and no upward power shift. Grounded in Article IV property power and foreign commerce study, this mineral plan earns top marks. Authority rests on Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2, giving Congress power to dispose of and make rules for…

17. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 10, 2026

    H.R. 1717: Communications Security Act

    …mostly sound, with minor tensions that are fixable. The FCC operates under the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18) to regulate interstate and foreign…

18. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026

    H.Res. 1131: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8029) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1128) expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the Department of Homeland Security; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5103) to establish a program to Beautify the District of Columbia and establish the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Commission; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7084) to amend title 46, United States Code, with respect to the types of vessels that may enter or operate in navigable waters of the United States or transfer cargo in any port or place under the jurisdiction of the United States, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

    …(e.g., Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 spending; Clause 17 District; Clause 3 commerce). The rule itself is within the House's power. The resolution is purely procedural and does not restrict speech, religion, press, assembly, petition, the…

19. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 5254 · Aug 07, 2026

    Civil Nuclear Export Competitiveness and Safeguards Act of 2025

    …No constitutional concerns arise because the bill operates within the federal commerce power and the Export-Import Bank's statutory authority; it does not exceed enumerated powers or infringe on rights. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3…

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

    S. 5028: Ratepayer Protection Act

    …customers, primarily data centers. It does not directly regulate interstate commerce but rather sets a federal policy that states must consider, which is a common feature of cooperative federalism. The bill does not infringe on individual…