To authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to modernize C-130 aircraft using alternative communication, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management program kits and to ensure that such aircraft meet applicable regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5119.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6352):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The Congress shall have Power *** To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  296 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5119, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5119

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7b016686218623d517c12c980cb38b5150dc1f7f492b74ba423e0311980ae373

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5119, last updated June 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.