To provide direct funding to local, Tribal, and territorial governments to establish Green New Deal programs and initiatives, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2644.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BUSH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 67, April 19, 2021, Page H1955):
  Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 19, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  41 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2644, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2644

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f12763b22a61fef2357bdf544178fbab319c2fbafbbd72498157f585bb60e20e

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2644, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.