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1. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 09, 2026

   H.J.Res. 139: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget for the Federal Government.

   This proposed constitutional amendment imposes a balanced budget requirement and supermajority rules for tax increases on the federal government. It does not infringe any enumerated rights or individual sovereignty, and it respects due…

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

   S. 5442: Cost Estimates Improvement Act

   …Act is a routine internal procedural measure that directs the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation to include debt servicing costs in their cost estimates. It does not expand federal power, restrict individual…

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

   H.R. 4758: Homeowner Energy Freedom Act

   …Rescinding unobligated balances is part of Congress's power over the federal budget and existing statutes. This bill does not exceed any enumerated power. Repealing federal rebate programs, contractor training grants, and building energy…

4. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 13, 2026

   H.Con.Res. 113: Establishing 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.

   …is a routine exercise of Congress's constitutional power over the federal budget. It does not itself enact any spending or revenue changes, but sets forth a framework and reconciliation instructions. The primary constitutional concern is…

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

   S.Con.Res. 40: 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.

   This concurrent resolution establishes a congressional budget framework for FY2027-2036. It does not itself authorize any specific spending or revenue programs, but sets aggregate levels and enforcement procedures. The resolution is…

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

   H.Res. 313: Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 14) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034, and for other purposes.

   This resolution is a procedural rule governing how the House considers a budget resolution. It does not itself authorize any spending, regulation, or enforcement action. It operates entirely within Congress's enumerated power to determine…

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

   H.Res. 499: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, and for other purposes.

   …Congress's constitutional authority over its own proceedings and the federal budget. It does not infringe on any individual rights, does not consolidate power improperly, and adheres to due process requirements. The waiver of points of…

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

   S.Con.Res. 33: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035.

   SCONRES 33 is a routine congressional budget framework exercising core Article I fiscal and rulemaking powers. It imposes no rights restriction, no individual mandate, and no taking, and it operates at the proper federal level for federal…

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

   H.Con.Res. 14: Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

   HCONRES 14 is a routine exercise of Congress fiscal powers: setting federal budget levels and reconciliation instructions for FY2025-FY2034. It infringes no rights, takes no property, and governs only federal spending and revenue planning,…

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

    S.Con.Res. 7: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

    SCONRES 7 is a routine internal congressional budget framework for FY2025 through FY2034. It stays inside the taxing, borrowing, and appropriations powers, imposes no rights burden, takes no property, and centralizes nothing that a lower…

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

    H.Res. 161: Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 20) 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 Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters’’; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (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 providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 14) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

    This resolution is a procedural rule governing floor consideration of three measures. It does not itself enact substantive policy, but merely sets the terms for debate and amendment. The Constitution grants each house of Congress the…

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

    H.Res. 590: Relating to consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

    This resolution is a routine procedural measure by which the House of Representatives agrees to a Senate amendment to a bill. It concerns the internal legislative process of Congress, which is expressly authorized by the Constitution. It…

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

    H.Res. 1224: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7567) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2031, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2616) to require public elementary and middle schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a minor’s gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 33) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035; providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1318) to direct the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a program to identify American-Jewish serviceme

    HRES 1224 is a procedural resolution that sets the terms for considering several bills. The Constitution expressly grants each house of Congress the authority to determine its own rules of proceeding (Article I, Section 5, Clause 2). The…

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

    H.Res. 1438: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 113) establishing 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; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7008) to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes; providing for considerat

    HRES 1438 is an internal House rules measure authorized by Article I, Section 5, Clause 2. It authorizes no surveillance, imposes no mandate on private persons, takes no property, and restricts no Bill of Rights freedom. Substantive…

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

    H.Res. 713: Censuring Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and removing her from the Committee on Education and Workforce and the Committee on the Budget.

    The resolution is a disciplinary action by the House of Representatives against one of its members, a power explicitly granted to each chamber by the Constitution. It does not infringe on any constitutional rights, as the speech of a…

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

    Executive Order 14270: Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting To Unleash American Energy

    Executive Order 14270 directs periodic review and conditional sunset of energy-related federal regulations through lawful rulemaking and public comment, only to the extent permitted by law. It asserts no new legislative power, infringes no…

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

    H.R. 10327: Cost Estimates Improvement Act

    …requirement within Congress's enumerated power to legislate and oversee the budget. It does not infringe any rights, restrict individual sovereignty, centralize power, or violate due process. Congress has explicit constitutional authority…

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

    H.R. 1771: Improper Payments Transparency Act

    …Transparency Act is fully constitutional. It requires the President's annual budget to include narrative descriptions and corrective action plans regarding improper payments at federal agencies. This is a straightforward exercise of…

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

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

    …Section 8, Clause 18 (the Necessary and Proper Clause) to organize and set the budget for federal agencies, including the Small Business Administration. This bill merely directs the SBA to set its regulatory budget at zero, which is a…

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

    H.R. 4464: Preventive Health Savings Act

    This bill is fully constitutional. It merely requires the Congressional Budget Office to produce supplementary estimates about long-term savings from preventive health care when Congress requests them. It does not expand federal power…