HR 6967 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Safe Airspace for Americans Act

Introduced Jan 11, 2024 Originated House Sponsor Robert Garcia D-CA

Latest action · Jan 19, 2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 11, 2024
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 11, 2024 to Jan 29, 2024; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TN	Andrew Ogles	Original	Jan 11, 2024
R-FL	Anna Paulina Luna	Original	Jan 11, 2024
R-WI	Glenn Grothman	Original	Jan 11, 2024
D-FL	Jared Moskowitz	Original	Jan 11, 2024
R-SC	Nancy Mace	Original	Jan 11, 2024
R-TN	Tim Burchett		Jan 18, 2024
R-MO	Eric Burlison		Jan 29, 2024

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Referred Jan 11, 2024
	Aviation Subcommittee	Referred Jan 19, 2024
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Jan 11, 2024

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 19, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Jan 11, 2024Introduced in House
Jan 11, 2024Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

[Pages H107-H108] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California: H.R. 6967. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1 The single subject of this legislation is: UAP transparency

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 6, January 11, 2024, page H108.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to establish procedures and reporting requirements for incidents relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Safe Airspace for Americans Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 11, 2024Introduced in House

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