To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of Green Bonds and to establish the United States Green Bank, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2656.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIMES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 67, April 19, 2021, Page H1955):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 19, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2656, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2656

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  aee05c51f2d4b7112957ce4ba8f7f92bfb486063fb7e54e430b99a717c65ddb6

  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 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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