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

   H.R. 9170: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027

   …within Congress's enumerated powers under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the Commerce Clause) and Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (the Spending Power). However, the bill's extensive funding for HUD programs, including public housing,…

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

   H.R. 9832: Medicare Dental Benefit Act of 2026

   …is not directly tied to an enumerated power such as regulating interstate commerce or providing for the common defense. While the Supreme Court has upheld Medicare as a valid exercise of the spending power, the addition of dental benefits…

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

   H.R. 9976: SWAT Act of 2026

   …It falls within Congress's enumerated power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, as the pest directly affects agricultural products that move in interstate and foreign commerce. The bill does not infringe on individual rights, does…

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

   H.R. 10068: PROTECT Act

   …within Congress's spending power and its authority to regulate interstate commerce, particularly concerning products that are sold across state lines. While the bill does not directly infringe on individual rights, it does involve federal…

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

   H.R. 2709: Save Our Sequoias Act

   …within the scope of federal authority over public lands and interstate commerce, but it raises minor concerns regarding the breadth of the emergency declaration and the potential for federal overreach into state and local land management…

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

   H.R. 3857: Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Reauthorization Act of 2026

   …enumerated powers over federal property, water projects, and interstate commerce. It does not infringe on any constitutional rights, does not restrict individual sovereignty, and does not consolidate decision-making beyond the federal…

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

   H.R. 568: Auto Theft Prevention Act

   …Auto theft often involves interstate trafficking, which also implicates the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). Thus, the bill falls within enumerated powers. The bill does not restrict speech, religion, assembly, press,…

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

   H.R. 506: Security First Act

   …power under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (taxing and spending) and the Commerce Clause. The bill does not directly restrict speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, or quartering. It does not authorize searches or seizures…

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

   H.R. 1786: Harmful Algal Bloom Disaster Relief Act

   …has authority to provide for the general welfare and to regulate interstate commerce, the bill's broad delegation to the President to declare a major disaster for algal blooms may overstep enumerated powers, particularly if it allows…

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

    S. 1637: MVP Act

    …enumerated power to spend for the general welfare and to regulate interstate commerce. It does not infringe on individual rights, and it does not centralize authority beyond the federal role already established in these programs. The main…

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

    H.R. 9332: Load Forecasting Enhancement Act

    …matters under the Tenth Amendment. While Congress has power over interstate commerce (Commerce Clause, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3), the bill does not regulate interstate commerce in electricity; it mandates federal involvement in…

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

    H.R. 7250: To reauthorize the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000.

    …It is a valid exercise of Congress's enumerated powers under the Indian Commerce Clause and the Property Clause, does not infringe on any constitutional rights, respects individual sovereignty by providing a public benefit without…

13. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 10, 2026

    H.R. 27: HALT Fentanyl Act

    …and individual sovereignty. While Congress has enumerated power under the Commerce Clause to regulate controlled substances, permanently scheduling an entire class of substances without individualized assessment risks overreach, restricts…

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

    H.R. 2243: LEOSA Reform Act

    …Constitution; it operates within Congress's enumerated powers over interstate commerce and federal property, and it does not directly infringe individual rights. The primary issues are the consolidation of decision-making at the federal…

15. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 10, 2026

    H.R. 6260: Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025

    …insurance fraud, which falls under Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). However, the bill redefines 'business of insurance' to include charitable bail funds that post bail, which are not…

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

    H.R. 3628: State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act

    …plans, which is a modest federal nudge within the broad scope of interstate commerce and energy regulation. It does not infringe on individual rights, and it leaves substantial discretion to states. However, it does represent a federal…

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

    S. 2403: Retire through Ownership Act

    …within Congress's enumerated power to regulate pension plans under the Commerce Clause, does not infringe any Bill of Rights protections, respects individual sovereignty by expanding voluntary employee ownership options, passes all four…

18. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 09, 2026

    H.R. 3632: Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025

    …the federal government has enumerated authority over interstate electricity commerce, the bill's forced-operation provisions implicate the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause, and its broad environmental preemption consolidates power at the…

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

    H.R. 2988: Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act

    HR 2988 is a constitutional exercise of Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce. It imposes prudent fiduciary standards on employer-sponsored retirement plans to protect participants and beneficiaries, does not infringe any…

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

    H.R. 1531: PROTECT Taiwan Act

    …government has constitutional authority over foreign relations and foreign commerce. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 grants Congress power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and the Necessary and Proper Clause in Article I, Section…