Communities and Environment First Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 314.

• 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. 167, No. 8, January 13, 2021, Page H195):
  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. 1 Sec. 8 C1. 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 January 13, 2021 ↗

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  462 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 314, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/314

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7d13d1f620fd4972ce6490e5765b571f3953e19bbb662b3e0c928415028eba41

  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. 314, last updated December 5, 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.