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

   H.R. 2400: Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2026

   …Indian affairs and federal property. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (Indian Commerce Clause) grants Congress power to regulate commerce with Indian tribes, and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (Property Clause) grants Congress power to…

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

   H.R. 192: Amtrak Executive Bonus Disclosure Act

   …power beyond the necessary scope. Congress has authority over interstate commerce and federal instrumentalities. Amtrak is a federally chartered corporation created under the Rail Passenger Service Act, and Congress has broad authority to…

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

   H.R. 825: Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act

   …has minor constitutional tensions. It operates within Congress's enumerated commerce power and does not directly infringe the Bill of Rights, but the permanent ban on SBA assistance for individuals convicted of financial crimes raises…

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

   H.R. 901: Research Security and Accountability in DHS Act

   …for the common defense (Article I, Section 8, Clause 1) and to regulate commerce with foreign nations (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). DHS's mission to protect the homeland from security threats provides a rational basis for this internal…

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

   H.R. 1998: Sanction Sea Pirates Act of 2025

   …It operates within the federal government's enumerated foreign affairs and commerce powers, does not infringe any Bill of Rights protections, respects individual sovereignty by targeting only foreign persons engaged in piracy, passes all…

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

   H.R. 36: MEGOBARI Act

   …has explicit constitutional authority over foreign affairs and international commerce. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 grants Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and the President's foreign affairs powers are…

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

   H.R. 1048: DETERRENT Act

   …constitutional concerns. While Congress has broad authority over interstate commerce and the spending power, the bill's expansive disclosure requirements and prohibitions on contracts with foreign entities of concern implicate First…

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

   H.R. 4423: No New Burma Funds Act

   …constitutional. Congress has explicit constitutional authority over foreign commerce and the conduct of foreign affairs. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 grants Congress power to 'regulate Commerce with foreign Nations,' and the Necessary…

9. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 09, 2026

   H.R. 3898: PERMIT Act

   …waters' under the Clean Water Act. It operates within Congress's enumerated commerce power over navigable waters (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) and does not directly infringe individual rights, though its narrowing of federal…

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

    H.R. 7613: ALERT Act

    …It falls squarely within Congress's enumerated power to regulate interstate commerce and navigable airspace under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. The bill imposes safety equipment requirements on aircraft, which do not infringe any Bill of…

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

    H.R. 1681: Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act

    …constitutional. It operates within Congress's enumerated power over interstate commerce and federal property, imposes no restrictions on individual rights, and does not consolidate power upward beyond what is necessary for managing federal…

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

    H.R. 6398: RED Tape Act

    …protections. It is fully constitutional. Congress has authority under the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18) to regulate environmental matters affecting…

13. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 08, 2026

    H.R. 2478: Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2025

    …procedure to pause suspected elder exploitation redemptions fits interstate commerce authority and preserves ownership with notice and court review. Minor tension remains from temporary loss of access to personal funds, warranting tight…

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

    H.R. 9436: Northeast Lobsterman Protection Act of 2026

    A routine exercise of the commerce power over interstate fisheries that adds no new rights burden, taking, or centralization. The SI review finds it extends the status quo deadline for whale-protection gear rules from 2028 to 2035,…

15. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 08, 2026

    H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025

    …is imposed, so the measure stays within the spending power and does not exceed Commerce Clause limits under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. No provision of the first ten Amendments is infringed. The bill creates voluntary grants, rebates,…

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

    H.R. 10087: Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act

    …enumerated power to spend for the general welfare and to regulate interstate commerce, and it does not infringe on individual rights. The main constitutional tension is the expansion of federal involvement in healthcare, which raises…

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

    H.R. 1366: Mining Regulatory Clarity Act

    …Clarity Act is mostly sound but has minor tensions with the Property Clause and the Ninth Amendment. It operates within Congress's enumerated power over federal lands, does not directly infringe the Bill of Rights, and preserves individual…

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

    H.Res. 988: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2988) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements concerning the consideration of pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2262) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude certain activities from hours worked, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2270) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude child and dependent care services and payments from the rate used to compute overtime compensation; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2312) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the definition of the term ''tipped employee'', and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4366) to clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of

    …structure its own proceedings, and the underlying bills fall within Congress's commerce power. However, the resolution's effect on the legislative process raises minor concerns about the speed and transparency of consideration, which could…

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

    S.J.Res. 55: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration relating to "Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Fuel System Integrity of Hydrogen Vehicles; Compressed Hydrogen Storage System Integrity; Incorporation by Reference".

    …compressed-storage test protocols for hydrogen fuel systems sold in interstate commerce, and states can regulate vehicle use, tort liability, and road safety under their police powers reserved by the Tenth Amendment. The action satisfies…

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

    S.J.Res. 18: A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions".

    …to disapprove an executive rule. Regulation of bank fees tied to interstate commerce falls under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and the Necessary and Proper Clause in Clause 18. Nullifying a rule is plainly within enumerated legislative…