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HR 4164 112th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Aviation and airports Military personnel and dependents National Guard and reserves Transportation costs

Space-Available Act of 2012

Introduced: April 16, 2012 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 23, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Mar 7, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Mar 7, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Space-Available Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish a program to provide transportation on Department of Defense (DOD) aircraft on a space-available basis for: (1) active duty and reserve members holding a valid Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card; (2) retired members who, but for not attaining age 60, would be eligible for military retired pay; (3) an unremarried widow or widower of an active or reserve member; and (3) certain dependents of members described above. Allows the Secretary to establish an order of priority based on considerations of military needs and readiness.

What's happening now March 23, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2112 Identical bill Space-Available Act of 2012
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 2 Republican 4
Hanabusa, Colleen
· Aug 2, 2012
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Jun 21, 2012
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 20, 2012
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · May 15, 2012
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Apr 24, 2012
Black, Diane
· Apr 16, 2012
 D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Apr 16, 2012
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Apr 16, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4164: Space-Available Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4164/
MLA
"H.R. 4164: Space-Available Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4164/.
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H.R. 4164, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4164/.
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