Death Tax Repeal Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 218.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 1, January 3, 2019, Page H217):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  65 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 218, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/218

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d11a1b06a85ede5d5c84c8e276a91c320c7150cf106bd431e4411479491007cf

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 218, last updated January 3, 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.