House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Wings for Veterans Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 13, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 5, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6380.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOODEN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 187, November 13, 2023, Page H5730):The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common Defefense and general welfare of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. Thus, Congress has the authority not only to increase taxes, but also, to reduce taxes to promote the general welfare of the United States of America and her citizens. Additionally Congress has the The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would establish a pilot program within the Department of Transportation to provide flight training for military veterans. Under the bill, ten covered flight…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 13, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 1,004 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6380, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6380
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 7, 2024
- 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 November 7, 2024). 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Michael Guest (R-MS), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Mary Miller (R-IL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Randy Weber (R-TX), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lance Gooden.
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- H.R. 1703 (118th) SECURE Flights Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.