House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Federal Aviation Research and Development Reauthorization Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Ralph Hall R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 9, 2011
- Committee actionMar 17, 2011
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 4, 2011 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 26.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 970.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 970, Federal Aviation Research and Development Reauthorization Act of 2011” on March 22, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on March 17, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 22, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/22073
- CBO publication date
- March 22, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 970, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-52 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on April 4, 2011.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 4, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/52
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 970, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HALL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1665):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 67 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 970, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bd2c7551a51e0d540b967c820befc4f0022927e26a64581360a242b18d90c0e6
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 noteFor further action, see H.R.658, which became Public Law 112-95 on 2/14/2012.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 970, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bd2c7551a51e0d540b967c820befc4f0022927e26a64581360a242b18d90c0e6
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ralph Hall.
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- H.R. 3834 (112th) Advancing America's Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2012
- H.R. 6007 (112th) North Texas Zebra Mussel Barrier Act of 2012
- H.R. 6633 (112th) To designate the United States courthouse located at 101 East Pecan Street in Sherman, Texas, as the "Paul Brown United States Courthouse".
- H.R. 1219 (112th) Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act
- H.Con.Res. 89 (112th) Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
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.