House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Manned Aircraft Clarification Act
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to limit penalties relating to the destruction of aircraft to apply only with respect to manned aircraft, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 18, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3478.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGUIRE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 83, May 17, 2025, Page H2108):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 32 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3478, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3478
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 15, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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.
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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
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John McGuire.
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- H.R. 7368 (119th) Riley Gaines Act
- H.R. 3643 (119th) VA Data Transparency and Trust Act
- H.R. 1622 (119th) Uranium for Energy Independence Act of 2025
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.