House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
LIFT Act of 2025
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Transportation to expand Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations for unmanned aircraft systems, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jennifer Kiggans R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 24, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4686.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 126, July 23, 2025, Page H3648):Article one Section eightSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 25 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4686, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4686
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- 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 July 18, 2026). 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Republicans
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Randy Fine (R-FL), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Cory Mills (R-FL), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jennifer Kiggans.
- H.R. 7365 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1225 Kempsville Road in Virginia Beach, Virginia, as the "Colonel…
- H.R. 7618 (119th) American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2026
- H.R. 3494 (119th) VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act
- H.R. 5063 (119th) Safe Beaches, Safe Swimmers Act
- H.Res. 940 (119th) Electing a Member to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 785 (119th) Representing our Seniors at VA Act of 2026
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.