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

   H.R. 1850: CRUDE Act

   …which is a permissible exercise of Congress's enumerated powers over foreign commerce and national defense. It does not infringe on individual rights, and it generally supports decentralization by reducing federal control over energy…

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

   H.R. 1901: CHIPP Act

   …traditional scope of enumerated powers. The bill does not regulate interstate commerce (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) in a way that justifies a permanent federal health insurance program for children. The Tenth Amendment reserves to the…

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

   H.R. 8897: Improving Travel for American Families Act

   Constitutional pilot program within Congress commerce power that eases travel burdens without infringing rights, restricting liberty, centralizing new power, or bypassing due process. Congress has authority over interstate air…

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

   H.R. 4090: Critical Mineral Dominance Act

   …and no upward power shift. Grounded in Article IV property power and foreign commerce study, this mineral plan earns top marks. Authority rests on Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2, giving Congress power to dispose of and make rules for…

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

   Executive Order 14320: Promoting the Export of the American AI Technology Stack

   …subject to applicable law and appropriations. It rests on federal foreign commerce and executive foreign-affairs powers, imposes no domestic mandate, search, speech restriction, taking, or denial of due process, and leaves domestic…

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

   Executive Order 14331: Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans

   …Federal banking supervision rests on Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 commerce authority and Clause 18 necessary and proper authority as applied to federally chartered and insured institutions. The order limits action to the greatest extent…

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

   Executive Order 14357: Modifying Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China

   …PRC commitments on fentanyl precursors. It operates within the federal foreign-commerce domain, infringes no Bill of Rights protection, expands individual economic liberty, and satisfies due process through prospective published…

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

   Executive Order 14366: Protecting American Investors From Foreign-Owned and Politically-Motivated Proxy Advisors

   …interstate securities and pensions under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 Commerce Clause and Clause 18 Necessary and Proper Clause. Order creates no new regulatory power beyond statutes passed by Congress and requires Administrative…

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

   H.R. 1717: Communications Security Act

   …mostly sound, with minor tensions that are fixable. The FCC operates under the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18) to regulate interstate and foreign…

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

    H.Res. 1131: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8029) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1128) expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the Department of Homeland Security; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5103) to establish a program to Beautify the District of Columbia and establish the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Commission; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7084) to amend title 46, United States Code, with respect to the types of vessels that may enter or operate in navigable waters of the United States or transfer cargo in any port or place under the jurisdiction of the United States, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

    …(e.g., Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 spending; Clause 17 District; Clause 3 commerce). The rule itself is within the House's power. The resolution is purely procedural and does not restrict speech, religion, press, assembly, petition, the…

11. 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,…

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

    S. 5028: Ratepayer Protection Act

    …customers, primarily data centers. It does not directly regulate interstate commerce but rather sets a federal policy that states must consider, which is a common feature of cooperative federalism. The bill does not infringe on individual…

13. 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…

14. 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…

15. 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…

16. 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…

17. 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…

18. 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…

19. 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,…

20. 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…