Combatting Global Deforestation Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9867.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HOYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 151, September 27, 2024, Page H5839):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 1 of section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common The single subject of this legislation is: This bill establishes programs to support efforts in developing countries to address climate change.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 27, 2024 ↗

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  378 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9867, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9867

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c05462ab34038f79a6c75f651d7faf29dbc146a70544c379de22fc9667996812

  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 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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