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

   H.R. 4405: Epstein Files Transparency Act

   …(Second Amendment). It does not authorize unreasonable searches or seizures (Fourth Amendment) — rather, it mandates disclosure of already-existing government records. It explicitly protects victim privacy and active investigations,…

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

   H.R. 3234: Keeping Deposits Local Act

   …and CAMELS eligibility thresholds. No First Amendment, Second Amendment, or Fourth Amendment interest is implicated. The bill restricts no personal conduct, belief, speech, labor, or use of property. It expands options for depositors and…

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

   H.R. 5103: Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025

   …Second Amendment, or authorizes searches, seizures, or surveillance under the Fourth Amendment. The commission is advisory only and creates no criminal penalty, speech code, or enforcement power. The bill imposes no mandate, prohibition,…

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

   H.R. 139: Sunshine Protection Act of 2025

   …and does not authorize searches, seizures, or surveillance implicating the Fourth Amendment. It creates no criminal liability, compelled testimony, or punishment implicating the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments. Setting a…

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

   H.R. 1118: Value Over Cost Act of 2026

   …interests of the federal government. No First Amendment, Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment, or other Bill of Rights interest is implicated. The bill restricts no personal conduct involving person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It…

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

   H.R. 9436: Northeast Lobsterman Protection Act of 2026

   …the National Marine Fisheries Service to issue gear rules. No search under the Fourth Amendment and no taking under the Fifth Amendment occurs in the text. The bill restricts no personal conduct, speech, belief, labor, or use of property.…

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

   H.R. 4219: National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act of 2025

   …and private entities, not compulsion, censorship, or criminal penalty. No Fourth Amendment search, First Amendment speech/assembly burden, Second Amendment burden, or Fifth Amendment self-incrimination issue is present. The bill does not…

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

   S.Res. 412: An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.

   …or other rights under Amendments 1-10. No First Amendment, Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment, or other Bill of Rights interest is implicated. The resolution restricts no personal conduct, property use, speech, labor, or belief. It governs…

9. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

   Executive Order 14298: Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates To Reflect Discussions With the People's Republic of China

   …by executive duty changes without individualized hearing. No First, Second, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh or Eighth Amendment violation is shown on the face of the order. The rights tension is indirect and derivative of the separation-of-powers…

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

    Executive Order 14304: Leading the World in Supersonic Flight

    …under First Amendment, arms under Second Amendment, or imposes searches under Fourth Amendment. Order removes a regulatory prohibition and directs noise-based certification through rulemaking. No criminal, trial, jury, or punishment…

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

    Executive Order 14316: Extending the Modification of the Reciprocal Tariff Rates

    …or prohibit arms under Second Amendment, nor authorize searches under Fourth Amendment. Tariffs restrict liberty of contract, use of property, and labor by raising the cost of importing, selling, and buying foreign goods. The burden is on…

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

    Executive Order 14375: Designating the Board of Peace as a Public International Organization Entitled To Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities

    …or petition under the First Amendment, imposes no search or seizure under the Fourth Amendment, compels no testimony under the Fifth Amendment, and denies no trial or jury right under the Fifth, Sixth, or Seventh Amendments. Section…

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

    H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection Act

    …under the Second Amendment, does not authorize searches or seizures under the Fourth Amendment, and imposes no criminal penalty, compelled testimony, or taking under the Fifth Amendment. It regulates utility cost-allocation procedures…

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

    S. 4974: Making America's Food Safer Act

    …speech, religion, press, assembly, arms, search, trial, or jury restriction. Fourth Amendment: no unreasonable search is authorized; audit use is for risk analysis and voluntary domestic audits require consent. Fifth Amendment Takings…

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

    S.J.Res. 82: 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 Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act".

    …No First through Tenth Amendment infringement. First Amendment and Fourth Amendment and Fifth Amendment and Tenth Amendment are all unaffected. The resolution restricts no person in use of their person, property, speech, labor, or belief.…

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

    Executive Order 14383: Establishing an America First Arms Transfer Strategy

    …catalogs, and interagency process. No First Amendment, Second Amendment, or Fourth Amendment infringement is authorized. Tenth Amendment reserved-powers concern is addressed under decentralization. Order does not restrict what a person may…

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

    H.R. 1768: Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act

    …of unenumerated rights. The bill does not directly infringe the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments, but the lack of due process for the intimate image prohibition is a concern. The bill restricts individual…

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

    H.R. 4544: American Access to Banking Act

    …The bill imposes no speech restriction under First Amendment, no search under Fourth Amendment, and no taking under Fifth Amendment. It reduces regulatory burden rather than infringing rights. The bill expands individual sovereignty by…

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

    H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026

    …against taxpayer-funded programs, which must still proceed under existing Fourth Amendment warrant requirements, Fifth Amendment grand jury and self-incrimination protections, and Sixth Amendment trial rights. No provision authorizes…

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

    H.J.Res. 24: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers".

    …It compels no speech, prohibits no belief, authorizes no search under the Fourth Amendment, and takes no property. It therefore infringes none of the first ten Amendments and tends to protect Ninth Amendment retained rights and Tenth…