House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Aviation Innovation and Global Competitiveness Act
Official title: To provide for updates to the Federal Aviation Administration type certification process to support development of new and novel technologies, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Troy Nehls R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2026
- Committee actionSep 15, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 15, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7553.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEHLS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 30, February 12, 2026, Page H2220):Article ISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 9 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7553, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7553
- 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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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Nicholas Begich (R-AK), André Carson (D-IN), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Tony Wied (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Troy Nehls.
- H.R. 695 (119th) Medal of Honor Act
- H.R. 309 (119th) National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act
- H.R. 2071 (119th) Save Our Shrimpers Act
- H.R. 3410 (119th) Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act
- H.R. 4711 (119th) REMOVE Act
- H.R. 188 (119th) Amtrak Transparency and Accountability for Passengers and Taxpayers Act
Related bills
- S. 3885 (119th) Aviation Innovation and Global Competitiveness ActIdentical bill
- S. 3866 (119th) A bill to provide for updates to the Federal Aviation Administration type certification process to support development of new and novel…Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.