House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Gerardo Hernandez Airport Security Act of 2014
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 5, 2014
- Committee actionJun 11, 2014
- Passed HouseJul 22, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2014 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4802.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4802, Gerardo Hernandez Airport Security Act of 2014” on June 24, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 11, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 24, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45476
- CBO publication date
- June 24, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4802, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4802
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-512 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on July 3, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 3, 2014 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/512
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4802, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4802
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 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. HUDSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5073):Article I, Section 8, the Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
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- 196 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4802, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4802
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Michael McCaul (R-TX), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
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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.