House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Safe Skies Act of 2012
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 16, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 17, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4350.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRAVAACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1845):The Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) in the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 87 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4350, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4350
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
43 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 34 Democrats
34 of 43 cosponsors (79%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Mark Critz (D-PA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Bob Filner (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), David Loebsack (D-IA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), David McKinley (R-WV), Michael Michaud (D-ME) and 13 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chip Cravaack.
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- H.R. 2947 (112th) To provide for the release of the reversionary interest held by the United States in certain land conveyed by the United States in 1950…
- H.R. 5544 (112th) Minnesota Education Investment and Employment Act
- H.R. 5797 (112th) Mille Lacs Lake Freedom To Fish Act of 2012
- H.R. 801 (112th) Truck Weight Uniformity Act of 2011
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.