Communities and Environment First Act of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8948.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RICHMOND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 209, December 10, 2020, Page H7148):
  This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl 1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I Sec. 8 Cl. 18). Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and shall have no bearing on judicial review of the accompanying bill.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 10, 2020 ↗

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  460 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8948, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8948

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  af9ffd852878fe8f043512e11fb3ffc211d253ffd9f43e17c7f35924426ded37

  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. 8948, 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.