Reducing Helicopter Noise in the District of Columbia Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1257.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 38, February 28, 2023, Page H972):
  Clause 18 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To require all helicopters and rotorcraft to fly at the maximum altitude permitted by the Federal Aviation Administration in the District of Columbia.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2023 ↗

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  250 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1257, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1257

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8ed99a51b6945609063df31f7aa1a19437ddfee5cabc80f05ae0b5694a4d9a87

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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