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

   H.R. 3740: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025

   …expand federal power beyond the enumerated authority to regulate interstate commerce and administer federal law enforcement. However, it raises minor concerns regarding the potential for broad civil liability and the disclosure of trace…

2. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 09, 2026

   H.R. 6703: Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act

   The bill is likely within Congress's commerce power, but it raises significant federalism concerns by expanding federal ERISA rules for association health plans and moving insurance-policy decisions upward from the states, where health…

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

   H.R. 261: Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025

   …Protection Act of 2025 is fully constitutional. It restricts the Department of Commerce from imposing duplicative federal permit requirements on undersea cable activities in national marine sanctuaries when a state or other federal agency…

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

   H.R. 5200: Emergency Reporting Act

   …right, and operates well within the FCC's enumerated authority under the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate communications. The bill requires only federal agency investigation, public hearings, and publication of reports — all of which…

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

   Executive Order 14268: Reforming Foreign Defense Sales To Improve Speed and Accountability

   …powers not delegated, but foreign affairs, national defense, and regulation of commerce with foreign nations are delegated to the federal government. Directing Secretaries of State and Defense to coordinate parallel decision-making within…

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

   S. 630: Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025

   …authority over Indian affairs under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the Indian Commerce Clause), which grants Congress the power to regulate commerce with Indian tribes. Additionally, the treaty-making power under Article II, Section 2,…

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

   H.R. 1836: GRANTED Act of 2025

   …within Congress's enumerated powers over federal property and interstate commerce. The bill does not infringe on individual rights; rather, it streamlines administrative processes and imposes a duty on federal agencies to act within a…

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

   H.R. 5764: AI for Main Street Act

   …guidance on artificial intelligence, operating within Congress's enumerated commerce power, infringing no rights, and imposing no mandates or takings. Congress has authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (Commerce Clause) to support…

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

   H.R. 1047: GRID Power Act

   …adequacy. This is an economic regulation reasonably tied to Congress's Commerce Clause power, does not infringe individual rights, and does not take property or bypass due process. The rulemaking and proposal-review process preserves…

10. 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…

11. 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…

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

    H.R. 8029: Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act

    …involvement because they involve national sovereignty, interstate and foreign commerce, and federal law enforcement. The bill does not consolidate decision-making upward; it funds existing federal responsibilities at the appropriate level…

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

    H.R. 6387: FIRE Act

    The FIRE Act is a permissible exercise of Congress's Commerce Clause authority to regulate interstate air pollution through the Clean Air Act. It does not infringe on the Bill of Rights or individual sovereignty, preserves a substantial…

14. 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…

15. 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…

16. 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,…

17. 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…

18. 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…

19. 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…

20. 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…