House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the use of Civil Air Patrol personnel and resources to support homeland security missions, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Dent R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2009
- Committee actionApr 2, 2009
- Passed HouseMay 12, 2009 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 13, 2009 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1178.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1178, A bill to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the use of Civil Air Patrol personnel and resources to support homeland security missions, and for other purposes” on April 16, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 2, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 16, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20575
- CBO publication date
- April 16, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1178, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1178
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6ce062ca92c8ba4e9e44dabc2e7f9255f9e64a44a71a771312b7b25fc0a7b2e0
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1178, A bill to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the use of Civil Air Patrol personnel and resources to support homeland security missions, and for other purposes” on April 16, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 2, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 16, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20575
- CBO publication date
- April 16, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1178, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1178
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6ce062ca92c8ba4e9e44dabc2e7f9255f9e64a44a71a771312b7b25fc0a7b2e0
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. 111-93 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on May 4, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 4, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/93
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1178, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1178
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6ce062ca92c8ba4e9e44dabc2e7f9255f9e64a44a71a771312b7b25fc0a7b2e0
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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
28 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 28 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Henry Brown (R-SC), Dan Burton (R-IN), Christopher Carney (D-PA), André Carson (D-IN), Michael Castle (R-DE), Howard Coble (R-NC), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), John Duncan (R-TN), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Tim Holden (D-PA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), John Kline (R-MN), Candice Miller (R-MI), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Todd Platts (R-PA), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Fred Upton (R-MI), Timothy Walz (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 869 (111th) Directing the Chief Administrative Officer to install cameras in the hearing room of the Committee on Rules.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.