House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
To expand aviation capacity.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 13, 2001
- Committee actionJun 26, 2002
- Passed HouseJul 23, 2002 · 343–87
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 24, 2002 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 515.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3479.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3479, National Aviation Capacity Expansion Act of 2002” on July 10, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on June 26, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 10, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13822
- CBO publication date
- July 10, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3479, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3479
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c45876f3bcb35b298efd787b2a9a9105b6109b2bec6f08e2e9e142449f2353ba
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3479, National Aviation Capacity Expansion Act of 2002” on July 10, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on June 26, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 10, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13822
- CBO publication date
- July 10, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3479, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3479
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c45876f3bcb35b298efd787b2a9a9105b6109b2bec6f08e2e9e142449f2353ba
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 107-568 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on July 12, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 12, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/568
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3479, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3479
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c45876f3bcb35b298efd787b2a9a9105b6109b2bec6f08e2e9e142449f2353ba
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3479, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
109 cosponsors — 32 Republicans, 76 Democrats, 1 independent
31 of 109 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Richard Baker (R-LA), John Baldacci (D-ME), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), James Barcia (D-MI), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Marion Berry (D-AR), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), John Boozman (R-AR), Robert Borski (D-PA), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Brad Carson (D-OK), Bob Clement (D-TN), John Cooksey (R-LA), Jerry Costello (D-IL), William Coyne (D-PA), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Norman Dicks (D-WA), John Duncan (R-TN), Chet Edwards (D-TX), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) and 79 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Lipinski.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.