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

   Executive Order 14348: Strengthening Efforts To Protect U.S. Nationals From Wrongful Detention Abroad

   …Reform Act, and passport authority under 22 U.S.C. 211a. Regulation of foreign commerce and foreign relations is a core federal enumerated function under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3, 10, 11, and 18. No domestic power beyond grant is…

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

   H.J.Res. 35: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions".

   …and Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18 support regulation of interstate commerce and laws necessary and proper to check executive implementation. The Congressional Review Act, chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, is the statutory…

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

   H.Res. 1447: Recognizing that for 55 years, the Republic of Fiji has worked with the United States toward stability, prosperity, and peace in the Pacific and beyond, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States will continue to remain a strong, reliable, and active partner in the Pacific.

   …foreign affairs through its enumerated powers, including the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) and the power to define and punish offenses against the law of nations (Article I, Section 8,…

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

   Executive Order 14412: Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks

   …government has a recognized role in securing critical infrastructure under the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The only minor concern is the directive to engage foreign governments, which touches on foreign affairs—a…

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

   H.R. 1907: Defense Against Drones Act of 2025

   …powers by operating within federal authority over airspace and interstate commerce, while deferring to state firearm laws. It does not infringe the Bill of Rights, protects individual sovereignty by affirming property rights, passes all…

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

   S. 1248: EASE Act

   …welfare under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, and to regulate interstate commerce under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. Health care delivery, particularly through Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP, falls within the spending power. The bill…

7. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 10, 2026

   H.R. 2931: Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025

   …powers over immigration (Article I, Section 8, Clause 4) and interstate commerce (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The bill's purpose is to influence immigration enforcement, and the relocation of SBA offices is a federal property…

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

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

   …has authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 to regulate foreign commerce, under its national-defense powers, and under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 to make all laws necessary and proper for executing federal functions. Defending…

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

   Executive Order 14303: Restoring Gold Standard Science

   …of federal employees. No reliance on stretched Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 commerce power. It restores prior scientific integrity policies rather than asserting new legislative authority. Order directs federal agencies to use…

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

    Executive Order 14306: Sustaining Select Efforts To Strengthen the Nation's Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144

    …Act, and 3 U.S.C. section 301. Directives run to executive departments, Commerce/NIST, Homeland Security/CISA, Defense, Energy, National Science Foundation, and intelligence components. Amending prior Executive Orders 13694 and 14144 to…

11. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to 2026-14999 · Jul 29, 2026

    Made in America Week, 2026 – Corrected Proclamation

    …his Article II authority, not encroaching on Congress's power to regulate commerce or spend money. It also respects the Tenth Amendment by calling on but not commandeering state and local officials. By including a clear sunset and…

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

    H.R. 2965: Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025

    …over the internal operations of the executive branch. It does not regulate commerce directly but rather limits the SBA's own rulemaking costs. The bill does not infringe any provision of the Bill of Rights. It does not restrict speech,…

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

    H.R. 9382: To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to link together applications of family members throughout the NEXUS application process, and for other purposes.

    …control. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 grants Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, which includes the regulation of persons and goods crossing international borders. Additionally, the federal government's inherent…

14. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade F (Direct violation) · Oct 11, 2026

    H.R. 1774: To amend title 23, United States Code, to withhold certain apportionment funds from the District of Columbia unless the Mayor of the District of Columbia removes the phrase Black Lives Matter from the street symbolically designated as Black Lives Matter Plaza, redesignates such street as Liberty Plaza, and removes such phrase from each website, document, and other material under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia.

    …exercise of the spending power. The bill does not relate to interstate commerce or any other enumerated power; it is a direct attempt to regulate local political expression, which is beyond federal authority. The bill violates the First…

15. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 10, 2026

    H.R. 2096: Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act

    …rules is not tied to any enumerated federal power such as interstate commerce, and it oversteps the limited federal role in local law enforcement. The bill eliminates a requirement for public notice of disciplinary hearings, which…

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

    H.R. 692: China Exchange Rate Transparency Act of 2025

    …policy. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 grants Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and the President's treaty and executive powers (Article II, Section 2) support U.S. participation in international financial…

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

    Executive Order 14294: Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations

    …regulatory breach into crime, protects freedom to work and to conduct commerce without fear of hidden strict responsibility offenses. The order does not move control to higher power. It orders executive self-review, public lists, restraint…

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

    Executive Order 14373: Safeguarding Venezuelan Oil Revenue for the Good of the American and Venezuelan People

    …laws, implementing statutes passed under Article I, Section 8, including the Commerce and Necessary and Proper Clauses: IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and NEA, plus sovereign-immunity law. Regulating foreign-government assets to address a…

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

    H.Res. 579: Supporting the designation of July as Uterine Fibroids Awareness Month.

    …a specific enumerated power. The resolution does not purport to regulate commerce or any other enumerated federal power. The resolution does not restrict speech, religion, press, assembly, petition, the right to bear arms, or any other…