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1. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 4708 · Jul 29, 2026

   Arctic Security and Diplomacy Alignment Act of 2025

   …from reallocated unobligated balances in the Defense and State Department budgets, capped at $500 million per fiscal year for five years. The program sunsets on September 30, 2030, unless reauthorized by Congress. The Government…

2. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 6916 · Jun 10, 2026

   Federal Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention Act of 2025 (Constitutional Revision)

   …grant programs. Section 1. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall establish a centralized fraud analytics unit within the Executive Office of the President. This unit shall use existing federal data sets (e.g., from the…

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

   H.Con.Res. 113: Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036.

   …is a routine exercise of Congress's constitutional power over the federal budget. It does not itself enact any spending or revenue changes, but sets forth a framework and reconciliation instructions. The primary constitutional concern is…

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

   S.Con.Res. 40: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036.

   This concurrent resolution establishes a congressional budget framework for FY2027-2036. It does not itself authorize any specific spending or revenue programs, but sets aggregate levels and enforcement procedures. The resolution is…

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

   S.Con.Res. 33: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035.

   SCONRES 33 is a routine congressional budget framework exercising core Article I fiscal and rulemaking powers. It imposes no rights restriction, no individual mandate, and no taking, and it operates at the proper federal level for federal…

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

   H.Con.Res. 14: Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

   HCONRES 14 is a routine exercise of Congress fiscal powers: setting federal budget levels and reconciliation instructions for FY2025-FY2034. It infringes no rights, takes no property, and governs only federal spending and revenue planning,…

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

   S.Con.Res. 7: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

   SCONRES 7 is a routine internal congressional budget framework for FY2025 through FY2034. It stays inside the taxing, borrowing, and appropriations powers, imposes no rights burden, takes no property, and centralizes nothing that a lower…

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

   H.Res. 590: Relating to consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

   This resolution is a routine procedural measure by which the House of Representatives agrees to a Senate amendment to a bill. It concerns the internal legislative process of Congress, which is expressly authorized by the Constitution. It…

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

   H.Res. 1224: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7567) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2031, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2616) to require public elementary and middle schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a minor’s gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 33) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035; providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1318) to direct the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a program to identify American-Jewish serviceme

   HRES 1224 is a procedural resolution that sets the terms for considering several bills. The Constitution expressly grants each house of Congress the authority to determine its own rules of proceeding (Article I, Section 5, Clause 2). The…

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

    H.Res. 1438: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 113) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7008) to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes; providing for considerat

    HRES 1438 is an internal House rules measure authorized by Article I, Section 5, Clause 2. It authorizes no surveillance, imposes no mandate on private persons, takes no property, and restricts no Bill of Rights freedom. Substantive…

11. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 10078 · Aug 14, 2026

    Fiscal Responsibility and Emergency Flexibility Act

    …cuts or revenue increases, ensuring deficit neutrality over a specified budget window. This Act establishes a statutory pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) requirement for all legislation affecting direct spending or revenues, effective for fiscal years…

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

    H.R. 10327: Cost Estimates Improvement Act

    …requirement within Congress's enumerated power to legislate and oversee the budget. It does not infringe any rights, restrict individual sovereignty, centralize power, or violate due process. Congress has explicit constitutional authority…

13. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.Res. 1423 · Jul 16, 2026

    Constitutional Consideration Rule for H.R. 139, H.R. 8595, H.R. 9237, and H.R. 1181

    …Funding for the study shall come from the DOT's existing administrative budget. Section 2. Consideration of H.R. 8595 (National Security Appropriations). The bill shall be considered as read, but the total appropriations shall be capped at…

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

    H.R. 1771: Improper Payments Transparency Act

    …Transparency Act is fully constitutional. It requires the President's annual budget to include narrative descriptions and corrective action plans regarding improper payments at federal agencies. This is a straightforward exercise of…

15. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 226 · Oct 08, 2026

    SI Cherokee Historic Sites Trust and River Protection Draft

    …land list, a ban on gaming, Authority consent rules, liability limits, a fixed budget cap, and a five-year sunset with outside audit. Compared with the original excerpt, the SI proposal would add the closed list, budget cap, sunset, audit,…

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

    H.R. 2965: Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025

    …Section 8, Clause 18 (the Necessary and Proper Clause) to organize and set the budget for federal agencies, including the Small Business Administration. This bill merely directs the SBA to set its regulatory budget at zero, which is a…

17. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 5261 · Aug 08, 2026

    Firefighter Cancer Prevention Grant Eligibility Act of 2026

    …fiscal year from existing AFG appropriations, not increasing the overall AFG budget. FEMA shall issue implementing regulations within 180 days of enactment. The program shall be enforced by FEMA's existing grant compliance mechanisms,…

18. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 9164 · Jun 08, 2026

    School Milk Refrigeration Equipment Assistance Act of 2025

    To ensure elementary and secondary schools have refrigeration equipment capable of storing milk safely, so that students have access to chilled milk during school meals. To assist elementary and secondary schools in providing safe, chilled…

19. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 10124 · Aug 23, 2026

    Organized Mail Theft Prevention and Sentencing Reform Act

    …to Congress. No additional appropriations are authorized beyond the current budget of the Department of Justice and the Postal Service. The task force shall operate within existing staffing levels, reassigning personnel as needed. The…

20. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 4123 · Jul 23, 2026

    Federal IT Procurement Reform and Sunset Act of 2025

    …agencies shall submit a cost-benefit analysis to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and obtain approval before issuing a solicitation. Section 3: The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall establish a Federal IT…