House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Aerial Transport and High Consequence Infectious Diseases Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to carry out a program to provide for the safe, long-range aerial transport of individuals known to be infected, or suspected of infection, by high-consequence infectious diseases.
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- IntroducedOct 13, 2026
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Latest action: Oct 13, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10797.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 160, October 13, 2026, Page H6040):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 13, 2026 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10797, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10797
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
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