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1. 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)

2. 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.…

3. 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…

4. 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,…

5. Bill (official record) · S.Res. 799 · 119th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement · Jul 15, 2026

   S.Res. 799: A resolution expressing the condolences of the Senate and honoring the memory of the victims on the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, on July 4, 2022.

   Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4117)

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

   H.R. 556: Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act

   …Clause power, not an overstep. The bill does not implicate the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, or Ninth Amendments. It does not infringe the Second Amendment; to the extent it addresses ammunition and hunting, it…

7. 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…

8. 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.…

9. Bill (official record) · H.J.Res. 9 · 118th Congress · Economics and Public Finance · Jan 09, 2023

   H.J.Res. 9: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the United States Government from increasing its debt except for a specific purpose by law adopted by three-fourths of the membership of each House of Congress.

   Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

10. Bill (official record) · H.J.Res. 74 · 117th Congress · Economics and Public Finance · Nov 01, 2022

    H.J.Res. 74: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the United States Government from increasing its debt except for a specific purpose by law adopted by three-fourths of the membership of each House of Congress.

    Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

11. 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…

12. 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…

13. 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…

14. 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,…

15. 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…

16. 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,…

17. 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…

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

    H.R. 590: _______ Act of 2024

    …rights, or cruel punishment. To the contrary, it protects against potential Fourth Amendment violations by limiting military involvement in civilian law enforcement. The bill does not restrict individual liberty; it places procedural…

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

    S. 1007: 9–8–8 Lifeline Cybersecurity Responsibility Act

    …The reporting requirements are administrative and do not implicate the Fourth Amendment because they do not involve government searches of private property; rather, they require entities that voluntarily participate in the lifeline to…

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

    S. 996: Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act of 2025

    …enumerated powers. The bill does not implicate the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, or Ninth Amendments. It concerns state regulatory authority over vehicle emissions, not individual rights protected by the Bill…