House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Wildfire Suppressing Aircraft Transfer Act of 1996 to facilitate inter-agency agreements with the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve to secure Defense Support to Civil Authority (DSCA) missions in the initial airborne response to fighting wildfires.
Sponsor: Rep. Elton Gallegly R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 5, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 5, 2012 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6639.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLEGLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6675):This bill is enacted pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution. The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 210 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6639, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6639
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 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 June 6, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elton Gallegly.
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- H.R. 241 (112th) To authorize the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in the Los Padres National Forest in California.
- H.R. 4043 (112th) Military Readiness and Southern Sea Otter Conservation Act
- H.R. 2123 (112th) Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 2011
- H.R. 280 (112th) Secure the Capitol 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.