House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act of 2012
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 13, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6248.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CALVERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5629):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 and Clause 18, and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 129 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6248, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6248
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6248, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 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
17 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 17 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Campbell (R-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Dreier (R-CA), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gary Miller (R-CA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ed Royce (R-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ken Calvert.
- H.R. 320 (112th) Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial Act
- H.R. 903 (112th) MORE Act of 2011
- H.R. 2538 (112th) REBUILD Act
- H.R. 533 (112th) To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Natural Resources Conservation Service property in Riverside, California, and for other…
- H.R. 1907 (112th) Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act of 2011
- H.R. 526 (112th) ON TIME Act
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.