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1. SI Think Tank idea · SI Think Tank original proposal · Oct 16, 2026

   A Civil Justice Integrity Framework for Truth and Responsibility

   …Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 permits regulation of genuinely interstate commerce, including contracts and products shipped in interstate commerce. Article III, Sections 1 and 2 authorize Congress to regulate practice in federal courts.…

2. 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,…

3. 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…

4. 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…

5. 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…

6. 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…

7. 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…

8. 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…

9. 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…

10. 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…

11. 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…

12. 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…

13. 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…

14. 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…

15. 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.…

16. 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…

17. 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…

18. 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…

19. 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…

20. 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.…