House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
AIRWAVES Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 9, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4953.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LANCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 23, February 6, 2018, Page H902):Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 3: Congress shall have Power . . . to Regulate Commerce with foreign Nationas, and among the several State, and with the Indian TribesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 160 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4953, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4953
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 11, 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
54 cosponsors — 26 Republicans, 28 Democrats
28 of 54 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Joe Barton (R-TX), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Robert Brady (D-PA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Earl Carter (R-GA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), John Curtis (R-UT), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Bill Johnson (R-OH) and 24 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.