House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To limit the Secretary of the Air Force from retiring or transferring certain aircraft of the Air National Guard or Air Force Reserve.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 20, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 20, 2012 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6690.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LATHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7424):Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6690, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6690
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
64fe69c107adce83ba212c622ad346886237a43166a28670dac89e4deb83fa91
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
11 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 11 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Steve King (R-IA), Robert Latta (R-OH), David Loebsack (D-IA), Candice Miller (R-MI), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Steve Womack (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Latham.
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- H.R. 1675 (112th) Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2011
- H.R. 1479 (112th) Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act 2011
- H.R. 1283 (112th) Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction 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.