House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
WINGS Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain licensure, certification, and aviation training costs in the determination of the cost of attendance of a student, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9896.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BEATTY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 121, July 23, 2026, Page H5198):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9896, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9896
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
9 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 5 Democrats
4 of 9 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joyce Beatty.
- H.R. 1450 (119th) OFAC Licensure for Investigators Act
- H.R. 3709 (119th) Advancing the Mentor-Protégé Program for Small Financial Institutions Act
- H.Res. 1107 (119th) Memorializing Rev. Jesse Jackson by flying the flag of the United States at halfstaff.
- H.R. 916 (119th) Rosa Parks Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 844 (119th) Black History is American History Act
- H.R. 1976 (119th) Woman on the Twenty Act of 2025
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.