Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2238.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LOWENTHAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 57, March 26, 2021, Page H1694):
  Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  43 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2238, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2238

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 21, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cf2e85d2a2c8041b4a31c2441885adffa13ab423922466c1a10c987df887d071

  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 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2238, last updated January 21, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.