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

   H.R. 8535: Measuring Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Act

   …mandate could lead to surveillance or data collection that touches on Fourth Amendment protections, and the performance metrics may incentivize overreach. The bill passes decentralization checks because fentanyl trafficking is inherently…

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

   H.R. 8428: Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act

   …doctrine issue arises for government employees receiving job training, and no Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, or Tenth Amendment right is burdened. The bill restricts no private person in the use of their person, property,…

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

   Executive Order 14385: Protecting the National Security and Welfare of the United States and Its Citizens From Criminal Actors and Other Public Safety Threats

   …information (CHRI) for screening is not an unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment because the records are already lawfully in government custody, and Section 3(b) requires privacy safeguards consistent with applicable law. No…

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

   H.R. 8481: Kayleigh’s Law Act of 2026

   …purely state crimes. The bill does not implicate the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, or Ninth Amendments. It does not restrict speech, assembly, or religion; it does not involve searches or seizures; it does not…

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

   H.R. 9736: Stop CHEATERS Act

   …bear arms (Second), quarter soldiers (Third), or impose unreasonable searches (Fourth). It does not compel self-incrimination (Fifth) because it only requires the IRS to report on its own enforcement plans and tax gap analysis—not to…

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

   Executive Order 14421: Declaring a National Emergency To Secure the United States Bulk-Power System

   …powers. The order does not directly infringe on the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, or Ninth Amendments. It regulates commercial transactions involving foreign equipment, which is not protected speech or…

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

   H.R. 1272: Secure Storage Information Act of 2025

   …requires information and availability of storage devices. The First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Amendments are not implicated. The Tenth Amendment is not violated because the bill regulates interstate…

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

   H.R. 3357: Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act

   …securities markets. The bill does not implicate the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, or Tenth Amendments. It mandates corporate disclosures, which are commercial speech and not protected under the First…

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

   H.R. 2659: Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act

   …these enumerated powers. The bill does not infringe the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments. It does not regulate speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, or criminal procedure.…

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

    H.R. 4593: SHOWER Act

    …I, Section 8, Clause 18. The bill does not implicate the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, or Ninth Amendments. It defines a product for water-efficiency regulation and does not restrict speech, religion,…

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

    Executive Order 14352: Saving TikTok While Protecting National Security

    …assembly, petition or religion is imposed, no search or seizure under the Fourth Amendment is ordered, and no arms, quartering, trial or punishment provision is implicated. Content moderation and recommendation models are placed under…

12. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 10106 · Aug 18, 2026

    Visa Integrity and Congressional Oversight Act of 2025

    …9, Clause 7 (appropriations) Tenth Amendment (reserving powers to states) Fourth Amendment (privacy concerns addressed by allowing unclassified reports with classified annex)

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

    H.R. 1608: Department of Homeland Security Vehicular Terrorism Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2025

    …While future technology recommendations could theoretically implicate the Fourth Amendment, the bill itself does not authorize any search, seizure, or surveillance. No rights are infringed. The bill places no obligations or restrictions on…

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

    H.R. 3617: Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act

    …supply-chain nexus. No provision infringes the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, or Ninth Amendments. The bill imposes duties on DOE and entails neither surveillance nor search or seizure of persons or property,…

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

    Executive Order 14330: Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors

    …to consider safe harbors and accredited-investor revisions. No First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, or Tenth Amendment right is infringed. The action expands voluntary investment options through fiduciary judgment…

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

    H.R. 6387: FIRE Act

    …air quality data and state petitions to the EPA. No provision implicates the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments. The FIRE Act does not restrict what individuals may do with their own person, property, speech, labor, or…

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

    S. 4394: Promoting Police Leadership Act

    …no surveillance, and no restrictions on individual conduct. The First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Amendments are not implicated. The bill does not restrict what any person may do with their own person,…

18. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 14, 2026

    Executive Order 14238: Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy

    …these agencies, but this does not constitute a rights violation. No specific amendment is implicated. The order does not restrict what individuals can do with their own person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It targets government…

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

    H.R. 6500: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027

    …be managed at the state level under the Tenth Amendment. The bill fails the fourth question of the decentralization test because it consolidates upward more than the minimum necessary, though it passes the first three questions…

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

    H.R. 168: TORCH Act

    …Clause. The bill does not directly infringe on the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, or Ninth Amendments. However, by exempting federal agencies from reinitiating consultation under the Endangered Species Act,…