House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
ACERO Act
Official title: To utlitize the Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response to Operations project of NASA to improve aerial responses to wildfires, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Vince Fong R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 14, 2025
- Committee actionJun 11, 2025
- Passed HouseFeb 23, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 24, 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. 390.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 390, ACERO Act” on February 19, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on June 11, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 19, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62144
- CBO publication date
- February 19, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 390, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/390
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-501 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on February 20, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 20, 2026 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/501
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 390, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/390
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. FONG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 7, January 14, 2025, Page H149):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 14, 2025 ↗
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- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 390, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/390
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e0513f3155edf8fffab038f8b41dd159926afa77cbaf90ba2d66125165b92a05
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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
7 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 6 Democrats
6 of 7 cosponsors (86%) are from the other party.
Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), George Whitesides (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong.
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- H.R. 2709 (119th) Save Our Sequoias Act
- H.R. 1223 (119th) ANCHOR Act
- H.J.Res. 210 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental…
- H.R. 5351 (119th) NSF AI Education Act of 2025
- H.R. 8748 (119th) Surface Transportation Research and Development Act of 2026
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.