House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
BUILD GREEN Infrastructure and Jobs Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 6, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 8, 2024 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2945)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8253.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 78, May 6, 2024, Page H2875):Aritcle I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Green New DealSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 6, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 78 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8253, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8253
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 31, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 31, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
36 cosponsors — 36 Democrats
0 of 36 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Cori Bush (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Jesús García (D-IL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.