House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
GREEN Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 17, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6833.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McNERNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 154, September 17, 2018, Page H8732):Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6833, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6833
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a9bc938d0b17b1f1dfd8b06d4897639e3acf7c53e81ee92ec20f9f1cb429e3ae
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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6833, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
24 cosponsors — 24 Democrats
0 of 24 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), William Keating (D-MA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Jared Polis (D-CO), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jerry McNerney.
- H.R. 5811 (115th) Long-Term Opioid Efficacy Act of 2018
- H.R. 5240 (115th) Enhancing Grid Security through Public-Private Partnerships Act
- H.R. 5136 (115th) GIRLS STEM Act
- H.R. 3275 (115th) Water and Energy Sustainability through Technology Act
- H.R. 2356 (115th) MY DATA Act of 2017
- H.R. 2799 (115th) Western Water Recycling and Drought Relief Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.