Demanding Citizenship in DC Elections Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8218.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TIMMONS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 75, May 1, 2024, Page H2830):
  Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to require any individual who votes in a municipal election of the District of Columbia to be a United States citizen and to provide proof of citizenship.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2024 ↗

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  308 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8218, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8218

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d1c6db78905a1b3c6f9a92d08a4811e6b5341ebe4ff7c0d9d6e66fc958e1a8bb

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8218, last updated February 4, 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.