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

   S. 1637: MVP Act

   …enumerated power to spend for the general welfare and to regulate interstate commerce. It does not infringe on individual rights, and it does not centralize authority beyond the federal role already established in these programs. The main…

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

   H.R. 7250: To reauthorize the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000.

   …It is a valid exercise of Congress's enumerated powers under the Indian Commerce Clause and the Property Clause, does not infringe on any constitutional rights, respects individual sovereignty by providing a public benefit without…

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

   H.R. 9332: Load Forecasting Enhancement Act

   …matters under the Tenth Amendment. While Congress has power over interstate commerce (Commerce Clause, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3), the bill does not regulate interstate commerce in electricity; it mandates federal involvement in…

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

   H.R. 27: HALT Fentanyl Act

   …and individual sovereignty. While Congress has enumerated power under the Commerce Clause to regulate controlled substances, permanently scheduling an entire class of substances without individualized assessment risks overreach, restricts…

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

   H.R. 2243: LEOSA Reform Act

   …Constitution; it operates within Congress's enumerated powers over interstate commerce and federal property, and it does not directly infringe individual rights. The primary issues are the consolidation of decision-making at the federal…

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

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

   …insurance fraud, which falls under Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). However, the bill redefines 'business of insurance' to include charitable bail funds that post bail, which are not…

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

   H.R. 3628: State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act

   …plans, which is a modest federal nudge within the broad scope of interstate commerce and energy regulation. It does not infringe on individual rights, and it leaves substantial discretion to states. However, it does represent a federal…

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

   S. 2403: Retire through Ownership Act

   …within Congress's enumerated power to regulate pension plans under the Commerce Clause, does not infringe any Bill of Rights protections, respects individual sovereignty by expanding voluntary employee ownership options, passes all four…

9. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 09, 2026

   H.R. 3632: Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025

   …the federal government has enumerated authority over interstate electricity commerce, the bill's forced-operation provisions implicate the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause, and its broad environmental preemption consolidates power at the…

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

    H.R. 2988: Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act

    HR 2988 is a constitutional exercise of Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce. It imposes prudent fiduciary standards on employer-sponsored retirement plans to protect participants and beneficiaries, does not infringe any…

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

    H.R. 1531: PROTECT Taiwan Act

    …government has constitutional authority over foreign relations and foreign commerce. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 grants Congress power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and the Necessary and Proper Clause in Article I, Section…

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

    H.R. 7128: TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026

    SI review finds the TRIA reauthorization through 2034 is a routine exercise of commerce and necessary-and-proper authority to stabilize interstate insurance markets, with no rights restriction, sovereignty burden, or due-process taking.…

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

    H.R. 5587: HEATS Act

    …activity as a major federal action. No reliance on an expansive reading of the Commerce Clause in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 to regulate wholly state and private land activity. No provision of the first ten Amendments is infringed. The…

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

    H.R. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.

    …funds are drawn. Foreign-affairs spending is tied to federal powers over commerce with foreign nations under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, naturalization and offenses against the law of nations under Clauses 4 and 10, and support for the…

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

    Executive Order 14326: Further Modifying the Reciprocal Tariff Rates

    …collect duties and imposts, and Clause 3 vests Congress with power to regulate commerce with foreign nations. Article I, Section 1 vests all legislative powers in Congress. The President cites IEEPA, the National Emergencies Act, and 19…

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

    Executive Order 14390: Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens

    …federal government has explicit authority to regulate interstate and foreign commerce (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3), to define and punish offenses against the law of nations (Article I, Section 8, Clause 10), and to provide for the…

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

    Executive Order 14407: Realigning United States Core Childhood Vaccine Recommendations With Best Practices From Peer, Developed Countries

    …which falls within the federal government's authority under the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) and the Spending Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 1) to regulate interstate commerce and provide for the general welfare.…

18. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 13, 2026

    Executive Order 14424: Promoting Fair Competition in Livestock Markets and Expanding Market Access for American Meat Producers

    …enacted under its Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 power to regulate interstate commerce. The order also facilitates interstate shipment of meat products, which falls squarely within the Commerce Clause. No action exceeds the enumerated…

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

    Executive Order 14364: Addressing Security Risks From Price Fixing and Anti-Competitive Behavior in the Food Supply Chain

    …authority over this subject under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 to regulate commerce among the states and with foreign nations, and Clause 18 to make laws necessary and proper for that regulation. Federal antitrust investigation and…

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

    H.Res. 282: Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 18) disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 28) disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to ''Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications''; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1526) to amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the authority of district courts to provide injunctive relief, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 22) to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

    …which fall within Congress's enumerated powers, such as the power to regulate commerce (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) for the CFPB rules, and the power to make laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution its powers (Article I,…