House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Expediting Israeli Aerial Refueling Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 27, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1218.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PFLUGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 37, February 27, 2023, Page H916):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Directing the Department of Defense to open training slots for Israeli Air Force pilots, aircrew, and maintainers and forward deploying a KC-46 to CENTCOM.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 219 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1218, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1218
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 January 9, 2026). 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
23 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 23 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Mike Garcia (R-CA), Mark Green (R-TN), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), David Kustoff (R-TN), Brian Mast (R-FL), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), W. Steube (R-FL), Chris Stewart (R-UT), David Trone (D-MD), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Con.Res. 57 (118th) Expressing the sense of Congress supporting the State of Israel.
- H.R. 7176 (118th) Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.