House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Fighter Force Preservation and Recapitalization Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to preserve and recapitalize the fighter aircraft capabilities of the Air Force and its reserve components, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Don Bacon R-NEWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1851.
- 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. 171, No. 42, March 5, 2025, Page H1010):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 240 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1851, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1851
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). 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
39 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 19 Democrats
19 of 39 cosponsors (49%) are from the other party.
Wesley Bell (D-MO), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Donald Davis (D-NC), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Andy Harris (R-MD), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), John James (R-MI), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Brian Mast (R-FL), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Tim Moore (R-NC), Richard Neal (D-MA), Johnny Olszewski (D-MD), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), August Pfluger (R-TX) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Don Bacon.
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- H.R. 4583 (119th) Living Donor Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 3946 (119th) FIGHT Act of 2025
- H.R. 1046 (119th) Marc Fischer Memorial Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.