House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
ACERO Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 23, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 23, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8118.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MIKE GARCIA of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 71, April 23, 2024, Page H2628):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: To authorize the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to research the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for the purpose of fighting wildfires.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 23, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 223 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8118, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8118
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 27, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cea87b1e3c97395cf5cf8eedd3be578e39ced471569a4e21accab60bb121864e
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 September 27, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8118, last updated September 27, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Ed Case (D-HI), Vince Fong (R-CA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
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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.