Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1124.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ESPAILLAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 34, February 21, 2023, Page H867):
  Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution; Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution; and Clause 14 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Abolishing the federal death penalty
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 21, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  252 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1124, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1124

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d36188ac110718bc7c6aeade030c8e7be8de7408a1da32c6ab862a195ea9ff16

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1124, last updated June 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.