House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Gold Star Altitude Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 24, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1302.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 35, February 24, 2021, Page H618):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution, which provides Congress with the ability to enact legislation necessary and proper to effectuate its purposes in taxing and spending.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 245 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1302, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1302
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
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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
21 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 21 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), James Baird (R-IN), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), John Carter (R-TX), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Michael Guest (R-MS), Josh Harder (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), James Langevin (D-RI), Susie Lee (D-NV), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Blake Moore (R-UT), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Michael Turner (R-OH), Filemon Vela (D-TX), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Trent Kelly.
- H.R. 208 (117th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 West Main Street, Suite 102 in Tupelo, Mississippi, as the…
- H.R. 207 (117th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 215 1st Avenue in Amory, Mississippi, as the "Command Sergeant…
- H.R. 209 (117th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 305 Highway 15 North in Pontotoc, Mississippi, as the "Lance…
- H.R. 1695 (117th) TRICARE Reserve Select Improvement Act
- H.Res. 415 (117th) Reaffirming United States-Uzbekistan relations.
- H.R. 1913 (117th) Uzbekistan Normalized Trade Act
Sponsor’s state and district
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.