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

   H.R. 2860: Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025

   …or petition under the First Amendment, imposes no search or seizure under the Fourth Amendment, and takes no property or compels testimony under the Fifth Amendment. It authorizes an advisory commission, technical support, and public forum…

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

   H.R. 4090: Critical Mineral Dominance Act

   …of private persons, or compelled testimony is authorized. First Amendment and Fourth Amendment are not implicated. The bill does not restrict personal conduct, speech, belief, labor, or use of private property. It opens federal acreage to…

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

   H.R. 6955: Main Street Capital Access Act

   …Amendment, arms under the Second Amendment, or privacy and security under the Fourth Amendment. The bill lessens regulatory burdens, examinations, and reporting, it does not authorize searches, seizures, compelled testimony, or trial…

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

   H.R. 9770: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027

   …under First Amendment, arms under Second Amendment, or imposes searches under Fourth Amendment. Funding at prior-year levels and extension of existing programs does not abridge any right in Amendments 1-10. The bill does not restrict any…

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

   H.R. 1501: Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025

   …speech (First Amendment), arms (Second Amendment), or authorize searches (Fourth Amendment). No taking of private property is ordered, and no criminal procedure right is implicated. The bill restricts no personal conduct, speech, belief,…

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

   H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025

   …officials from reprisal such as discharge or demotion. No search under the Fourth Amendment, no compelled testimony under the Fifth Amendment, and no other prohibition is imposed. The bill removes a burden on personal speech, belief, and…

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

   H.R. 1968: Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

   …or authorizes searches, seizures, or surveillance without warrant under the Fourth Amendment. The act is a funding continuation at prior-year levels with health program extensions and contains no criminal penalty, speech code, disarmament,…

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

   H.R. 3937: Wabeno Economic Development Act

   …Second Amendment, does not authorize search, seizure or surveillance under the Fourth Amendment, and does not take private property for public use. Instead it disposes of public property to a private buyer through a voluntary, compensated…

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

   H.Res. 1530: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10326) to enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 210) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 213) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the ‘‘California State Non

   …are not enacted by this resolution and raise no direct First Amendment or Fourth Amendment infringement at this procedural stage. This resolution restricts no individual conduct regarding person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It…

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

    H.R. 2483: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025

    …of surveillance activities, particularly wastewater surveillance, raises minor Fourth Amendment and privacy concerns, and the act's centralization of public health data collection at the federal level fails one decentralization question.…

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

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

    …The bill's broad definition could also lead to arbitrary enforcement, raising Fourth Amendment concerns about searches and seizures without probable cause. The bill restricts the ability of individuals and organizations to use their own…

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

    H.R. 8278: Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act

    …and congressional reporting only. No First Amendment, Second Amendment, or Fourth Amendment interest is implicated, and no Ninth or Tenth Amendment reserved right is infringed. The bill restricts no personal conduct, property use, speech,…

13. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    H.R. 4795: Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026

    …which is a colorable First Amendment infringement. No Second, Third, Fourth, Eighth Amendment issue is present. By tying institutional eligibility to suppression of Israel-directed boycotts, the bill indirectly burdens the expressive…

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

    H.R. 277: Matthew Lawrence Perna Act of 2025

    …protections under the First Amendment (by protecting political protest), the Fourth Amendment (by limiting surveillance and requiring FOIA disclosure), and the Fifth Amendment (by addressing malicious overprosecution and due process). The…

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

    H.R. 1777: SECURE Notarization Act of 2025

    …while not a search in the traditional sense, implicate privacy and Fourth Amendment values, and the lack of explicit data protection standards is a significant concern. Overall, the bill is mostly sound but requires adjustments to better…

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

    H.R. 1927: CLEAR Act of 2025

    …as per the anti-commandeering doctrine. The bill raises concerns under the Fourth Amendment (unreasonable seizure) and the Fifth Amendment (due process). Mandatory detention of individuals unlawfully present, without individualized…

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

    H.R. 5505: Equal Campus Access Act of 2026

    …which would itself violate the First Amendment. No infringement of the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, or Tenth Amendments is present. The bill protects the autonomy of religious student organizations to set their own…

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

    S. 2677: A bill to expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.

    The bill raises significant concerns under the Fourth Amendment and principles of due process by expanding the sharing of nonpublic information about imported merchandise without clear procedural safeguards. While it operates within…

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

    H.R. 9498: Taxpayer Advocate Participation Act

    …(Fifth Amendment) and protection against unreasonable searches and seizures (Fourth Amendment) in tax enforcement contexts. No provision of the Bill of Rights is violated. The bill imposes no restriction on individual action. It does not…

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

    H.R. 21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

    …or jury trial. It does not authorize unreasonable searches or seizures (Fourth Amendment) and does not impose cruel and unusual punishment (Eighth Amendment). The criminal penalties are proportionate and apply only to intentional failures…