Federal money helps schools teach about the environment.
H.R. 9467 — Green Ribbon Act of 2026 · Filed by Jahana Hayes (D-CT) · 4 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 25, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill gives money to states for environmental education. Schools that win awards get $10,000. At least 40% of the money goes to schools with fewer resources. The bill creates a new office to help schools build greener buildings. Museums and libraries can also win awards.
Who it affects
Students in public schools get environmental education and healthier buildings. Schools with fewer resources get at least 40% of the money. State education agencies receive and distribute the grants.
One thing to notice
Schools must choose to join the program. The $10,000 award money depends on Congress approving the budget.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
4 cosponsors: 4 Democrats.
- Jun 25, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 25, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $670,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 50 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Jahana Hayes, who sponsored the bill, received $606,811 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- National Education Association — $670,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- grant — Money given by the government that does not need to be paid back.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (14,294 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 22, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-23.
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