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1. 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…

2. 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…

3. 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…

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

   H.R. 2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025

   …petition, or arms. It does not authorize warrantless searches or seizures (Fourth Amendment) — it only expands existing criminal liability and forfeiture for already-illegal conduct. No cruel or unusual punishment is mandated (Eighth…

5. 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.…

6. 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,…

7. 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…

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

   S.Con.Res. 38: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036.

   …which is the minimum necessary for a national budget. The resolution fails the fourth question because it centralizes decisions on many spending areas that could be left to states or localities, but this is a structural feature of the…

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

   Executive Order 14381: Celebrating American Greatness With American Motor Racing

   …ban, and no provision authorizes surveillance, searches, or seizures under the Fourth Amendment. The order does not restrict what any person may do with their person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It celebrates a voluntary sporting…

10. 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)

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

    Executive Order 14406: Restoring Integrity to America's Financial System

    …institutions collect and verify immigration status information implicates the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, as it compels the collection of personal information without individualized suspicion.…

12. 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…

13. 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,…

14. 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…

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

    H.Res. 1560: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4393) to secure the border and reform the immigration laws.

    …written, the resolution is neutral and does not implicate the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, or Ninth Amendments. The resolution does not directly restrict individual liberty, property, or labor. It is a procedural measure.…

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 B (Mostly sound) · Oct 13, 2026

    H.R. 506: Security First Act

    …It does not authorize searches or seizures without warrant or probable cause (Fourth Amendment) — the seizure provision applies to unreported monetary instruments at the border, where the border search exception applies. It does not…

18. 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,…

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

    H.R. 9342: GPO Modernization Act of 2026

    …actually enhances privacy protections, which aligns with the spirit of the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. No rights are infringed. This bill does not restrict individual liberty. It concerns the…

20. 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…