House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Securing Air Travel Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2022
- Committee actionMar 2, 2022
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 14, 2022 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 461.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6856.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-641 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on December 14, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 14, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/641
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6856, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 36, February 28, 2022, Page H1176):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2022 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
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- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6856, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9df7058c152cdfe581644ced1040c5460466dee54256acfe7061ff764f93b449
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman.
- H.R. 2116 (117th) CROWN Act of 2022
- H.R. 6201 (117th) National Liberty Memorial Preservation Act
- H.R. 1893 (117th) Transportation Security Preparedness Act of 2021
- H.R. 370 (117th) Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 2021
- H.R. 1475 (117th) Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act
- H.R. 622 (117th) Officer Brian D. Sicknick Congressional Gold Medal 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.