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H.R. 8253: BUILD GREEN Infrastructure and Jobs Act

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H.R. 8253: BUILD GREEN Infrastructure and Jobs Act

118th Congress · introduced 2024-05-06 · Energy · Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2945)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2024-05-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2945) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

BUILD GREEN Infrastructure and Jobs Act

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Official text

BUILD GREEN Infrastructure and Jobs Act

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr8253.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] · 36 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Summer L. Lee (D-PA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), André Carson (D-IN), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI), Troy A. Carter (D-LA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] reported raising $3.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong118-hr8253 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118