Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1244.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 29, February 14, 2019, Page H2033):
  Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  41 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1244, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1244

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3faa8253333d04cc924c0b6c148a3931a11661d161bd3e72e326ee47d2a6ad0c

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1244, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.