House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Airmen Certificate Accessibility Act
Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the use of physical or digital copies of certain certificates for certain Federal Aviation Administration inspections, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 21, 2025
- Committee actionJan 21, 2026
- Passed HouseMar 24, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 25, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2247.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2247, Airmen Certificate Accessibility Act” on February 19, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on January 21, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 19, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62142
- CBO publication date
- February 19, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2247, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-551 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on March 16, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 16, 2026 ↗
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/551
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2247, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e432383327740403596e31207f18a3be29791001ac54077fa36a3fc2c10c8d28
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURCHETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 52, March 21, 2025, Page H1189):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 21, 2025 ↗
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- H.R. 2247, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e432383327740403596e31207f18a3be29791001ac54077fa36a3fc2c10c8d28
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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Related bills
- S. 4256 (119th) Airmen Certificate Accessibility ActIdentical bill
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Sponsor’s state and district
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