House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a notice and comment rulemaking before implementing certain policies relating to obstruction evaluation aeronautical studies, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 9, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 10, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4623.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MORAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4059):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4623, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4623
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
384f6804bfef8e23a50dcbe8ba22a470fe9991422c96ce945e87529243ff47ae
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Steve Cohen (D-TN), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Moran.
- H.R. 3223 (113th) Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
- H.R. 4148 (113th) Humane Cosmetics Act
- H.Res. 208 (113th) Expressing opposition to the use of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, argon, or other gases to euthanize shelter…
- H.Con.Res. 27 (113th) Supporting the formation of a bipartisan Presidential Commission to study the establishment of a National Museum of the American People.
- H.R. 4525 (113th) Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act
- H.R. 2249 (113th) Disabled Military Child Protection Act of 2013
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.