House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow for additional flights beyond the perimeter restriction applicable to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 1, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 827.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHWEIKERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1391):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 States: [The Congress shall have Power] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 171 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 827, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/827
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 January 3, 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
18 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 18 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.
Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Tim Holden (D-PA), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), Benjamin Quayle (R-AZ), Pete Stark (D-CA), Melvin Watt (D-NC).
More from the sponsor
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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.