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1. 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…

2. 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…

3. 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…

4. 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…

5. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 4952 · Jul 16, 2026

   Federal Program Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act of 2025

   …prevention unit, funded by reallocating 0.5% of the agency's administrative budget. These units shall coordinate with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to identify and report fraud indicators, but may not share personally…

6. 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,…

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

   H.Res. 1175: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8035) to amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through October 20, 2027, and for other purposes.

   This resolution extends warrantless surveillance authorities under FISA Title VII, which implicates serious Fourth Amendment concerns and consolidates federal surveillance power without adequate due process safeguards. The extension of…

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

   H.R. 9342: GPO Modernization Act of 2026

   The GPO Modernization Act of 2026 is a routine administrative and operational update to the Government Publishing Office and the Library of Congress. It operates squarely within Congress's enumerated powers to manage its own internal…

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

   H.R. 2715: Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act

   The bill is a federal exercise of the Commerce Clause power to regulate imports, which is well-established. It raises minor due process concerns because it allows destruction of property without a prior hearing, but it mandates regulations…

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

    S. 1582: GENIUS Act

    …justification is compelling under Tenth Amendment police-power reservation balanced by federal commerce authority: preventing fraud, runs, loss of redeemability, and illicit finance in instruments held out as fixed-value money. Restriction…

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

    H.R. 4: Rescissions Act of 2025

    …prior appropriations. The President's proposal under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act does not impound funds unilaterally; Congress enacted the cuts as Public Law No. 119-28. No First Amendment or other Bill of Rights…

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

    S. 2882: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026

    …under the Fifth Amendment Takings Clause. Limiting Office of Management and Budget withholding and extending availability of withheld funds strengthens procedural regularity and the Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 requirement that funds be…

13. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 08, 2026

    H.R. 6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act

    Federal housing aid through conditional spending has a plausible basis in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, and the bill avoids direct rights violations, takings, or due-process denials. It loses ground because housing, zoning, permitting,…