House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Air America Act of 2021

H.R. 1297Introduced Feb 24, 2021Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor: Rep. Glenn Grothman R-WI

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 24, 2021
Committee actionMay 25, 2021
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: May 25, 2021 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1297.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1297, Air America Act of 2021” on September 24, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on May 25, 2021”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 24, 2021 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57501
CBO publication date
September 24, 2021
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1297, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1297
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
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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. GROTHMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 35, February 24, 2021, Page H617):
Article 1 Section 8
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2021 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1297, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1297
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 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

230 cosponsors — 77 Republicans, 153 Democrats

153 of 230 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.

Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Mike Carey (R-OH), Jerry Carl (R-AL), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA) and 200 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Glenn Grothman.

Sponsor’s state and district

Wisconsin in Congress · WI-6 district

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Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.