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

   S. 2677: A bill to expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.

   …without clear procedural safeguards. While it operates within federal commerce authority, the expansion of information sharing to a broader set of private parties, including information from online marketplaces and freight forwarders,…

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

   S. 1823: Black Vulture Relief Act of 2025

   …Bird Treaty Act, which is a valid exercise of the treaty power and the Commerce Clause. It does not infringe on constitutional rights, and it actually reduces federal restrictions on private property owners. The main constitutional concern…

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

   H.R. 4305: DUMP Red Tape Act

   …has authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 to regulate interstate commerce and under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 to make laws necessary and proper for executing federal governmental functions. This bill does not regulate…

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

   H.R. 5184: Affordable HOMES Act

   HR 5184 is constitutional. It exercises Congress's broad Article I commerce power to rescind a federal energy efficiency rule for manufactured housing and to withdraw the Department of Energy's rulemaking authority in that area. The bill…

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

   H.R. 187: MAPWaters Act of 2025

   …Clause, Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2, and over navigable waters under the Commerce Clause, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. Directing the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to digitize and publish data about federal…

6. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 09, 2026

   H.R. 5763: Main Street Parity Act

   …Main Street Parity Act is likely constitutional. Congress has the spending and commerce power to administer Small Business Administration lending, the bill does not infringe the Bill of Rights or individual sovereignty, and it creates no…

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

   H.R. 2071: Save Our Shrimpers Act

   …constitutional. It operates within Congress's enumerated powers over foreign commerce and federal spending, does not infringe any Bill of Rights protections, respects individual sovereignty by not restricting personal conduct,…

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

   H.R. 5201: Kari's Law Reporting Act

   …speech, property, or privacy. Because it operates within Congress's interstate commerce power and merely requires agency transparency, it is fully constitutional. Congress has authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 to regulate…

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

   H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026

   Farm bill rests on spending and commerce powers and shows no direct Bill of Rights breach or taking, but its omnibus federal control of largely state and local farm, food, forestry and development matters plus property-use conditions…

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

    H.R. 1041: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

    …Section 8, Clause 3 and Clause 14, Congress may regulate interstate firearms commerce systems and make rules for veterans affairs. The bill restricts rather than expands federal power. The bill strengthens Second Amendment protections by…

11. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to cl-10858761 · May 15, 2026

    Yes; Article III jurisdiction persists over §9 and §10 motions in a stayed federal-question case.

    …supervised private dispute resolutions like arbitrations common in 1789 commerce. Bill of Rights reinforces via Fifth Amendment Due Process, ensuring stayed litigants a federal forum for final adjudication. 4) The holding is yes: the…

12. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 9332 · Oct 19, 2026

    Voluntary Grid Forecasting Improvement and State Choice Act

    …on state utility commissions or private utilities without clear interstate commerce authority and due process protections would raise federalism and Fifth Amendment Due Process concerns. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 Article I, Section 8,…

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

    S.J.Res. 13: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the Department of the Treasury relating to the review of applications under the Bank Merger Act.

    …procedural rule and reduces federal regulatory burden. It rests on enumerated commerce and necessary-and-proper powers, infringes no Bill of Rights protection, expands individual freedom, decentralizes rather than consolidates power, and…

14. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to 2025-23846 · Oct 04, 2026

    Medical Cannabis Evidence and Patient Safety Act

    …I, Section 8, Clauses 1, 3, and 18 (proposed congressional research and commerce legislation) Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 (appropriations) Article II, Section 3 (execution of existing law) Fifth Amendment (procedural safeguards where…

15. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to S. 5214 · Aug 05, 2026

    Law Enforcement Protection Incentive Act of 2025

    …I, Section 8: Lacks a clear enumerated power nexus unless tied to interstate commerce or federal property/officers. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (General Welfare – spending for general welfare via conditional grants) Article I, Section…

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

    H.Res. 1032: Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 142) disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4090) to codify certain provisions of certain Executive Orders relating to domestic mining and hardrock mineral resources, and for other purposes.

    …voting on three other bills. It does not itself appropriate funds, regulate commerce, or exercise any substantive power. The resolution is squarely within the House's enumerated procedural authority. The resolution is a procedural rule for…

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

    H.Res. 1423: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 139) to make daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (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; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9237) to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, and other Federal laws, to improve benefits for veterans and the administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1181) to prohibit payment card networks and covered entities from requiring the use of or assigning merchant category codes that distinguish a firearms retailer from general-merchandise retailer or sporting-goods retailer, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

    …interests by preventing compelled financial surveillance of lawful commerce. No rights are infringed by the rule itself under the First Amendment or Fourth Amendment. The resolution restricts no personal conduct, property use, labor,…

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

    Executive Order 14431: Enhancing Program Integrity and Interagency Coordination in the Administration of the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Program

    …within the federal government's enumerated powers over immigration and foreign commerce, and it does not infringe on individual rights. The order's main constitutional tension lies in its delegation of authority and the potential for…

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

    H.R. 1927: CLEAR Act of 2025

    …naturalization under Article I, Section 8, Clause 4, and the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. The bill's provisions regarding detention, removal, and cooperation with state and local law…

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

    H.J.Res. 25: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to "Gross Proceeds Reporting by Brokers That Regularly Provide Services Effectuating Digital Asset Sales".

    …that burden unmet, so repeal restores freedom of contract and belief-neutral commerce. Disapproval moves decision-making downward by removing a federal compliance layer on decentralized protocols. Individuals can transact and keep records,…