119th Congress

H.R. 3151

SHIPS for America Act of 2025

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Sponsor: Trent Kelly(R-MS)
Introduced: May 1, 2025
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Committees: House Committee on Armed Services; House Committee on Education and Workforce; House Committee on Energy and Commerce; House Committee on Financial Services; House Committee on Foreign Affairs; House Committee on Natural Resources; House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology; House Committee on the Judiciary; House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; House Committee on Veterans' Affairs; House Committee on Ways and Means
Official text: Introduced in House · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (144)

Original cosponsors (37)

Added later (107)

Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ) · May 5, 2025
Donald G. Davis (D-NC) · May 5, 2025
Jahana Hayes (D-CT) · May 5, 2025
Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY) · May 7, 2025
Wesley Bell (D-MO) · May 7, 2025
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) · May 13, 2025
Jason Crow (D-CO) · May 13, 2025
John R. Moolenaar (R-MI) · May 13, 2025
Cory Mills (R-FL) · May 14, 2025
Don Bacon (R-NE) · May 14, 2025
Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) · May 15, 2025
David Kustoff (R-TN) · May 20, 2025
Brad Finstad (R-MN) · May 21, 2025
Josh Riley (D-NY) · May 21, 2025
Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) · May 23, 2025
Ashley Hinson (R-IA) · Jun 3, 2025
Lateefah Simon (D-CA) · Jun 3, 2025
Mike Thompson (D-CA) · Jun 3, 2025
Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) · Jun 3, 2025
Pete Stauber (R-MN) · Jun 3, 2025
Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) · Jun 4, 2025
Michael Lawler (R-NY) · Jun 4, 2025
Mike Carey (R-OH) · Jun 5, 2025
George Latimer (D-NY) · Jun 9, 2025
Mark E. Amodei (R-NV) · Jun 9, 2025
Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) · Jun 9, 2025
Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN) · Jun 23, 2025
Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA) · Jun 23, 2025
Aaron Bean (R-FL) · Jun 25, 2025
Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) · Jun 25, 2025
Josh Brecheen (R-OK) · Jun 25, 2025
Joe Courtney (D-CT) · Jun 26, 2025
Blake D. Moore (R-UT) · Jul 2, 2025
Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA) · Jul 2, 2025
Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL) · Jul 2, 2025
Michael A. Rulli (R-OH) · Jul 2, 2025
Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY) · Jul 10, 2025
Mary E. Miller (R-IL) · Jul 10, 2025
Shontel M. Brown (D-OH) · Jul 10, 2025
Steve Cohen (D-TN) · Jul 10, 2025
Ted Lieu (D-CA) · Jul 10, 2025
Debbie Dingell (D-MI) · Jul 14, 2025
Eric Sorensen (D-IL) · Jul 14, 2025
Michael Guest (R-MS) · Jul 14, 2025
Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) · Jul 25, 2025
David Rouzer (R-NC) · Jul 25, 2025
Joe Neguse (D-CO) · Jul 25, 2025
Robert Menendez (D-NJ) · Jul 25, 2025
John J. McGuire III (R-VA) · Jul 29, 2025
Andrea Salinas (D-OR) · Sep 2, 2025
Laura Friedman (D-CA) · Sep 2, 2025
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) · Sep 2, 2025
Maxine Waters (D-CA) · Sep 2, 2025
Scott H. Peters (D-CA) · Sep 2, 2025
Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA) · Sep 3, 2025
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) · Sep 3, 2025
Greg Landsman (D-OH) · Sep 15, 2025
Derek Tran (D-CA) · Sep 19, 2025
Dwight Evans (D-PA) · Sep 30, 2025
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) · Sep 30, 2025
Mike Bost (R-IL) · Sep 30, 2025
Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY) · Sep 30, 2025
Haley M. Stevens (D-MI) · Oct 8, 2025
Morgan McGarvey (D-KY) · Oct 8, 2025
Riley M. Moore (R-WV) · Oct 8, 2025
Seth Moulton (D-MA) · Oct 8, 2025
April McClain Delaney (D-MD) · Oct 17, 2025
Emily Randall (D-WA) · Oct 17, 2025
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) · Oct 17, 2025
Michael R. Turner (R-OH) · Oct 21, 2025
Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA) · Oct 21, 2025
Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) · Oct 28, 2025
Juan Vargas (D-CA) · Oct 28, 2025
Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI) · Oct 28, 2025
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA) · Nov 13, 2025
Patrick Ryan (D-NY) · Nov 13, 2025
Judy Chu (D-CA) · Nov 17, 2025
Ronny Jackson (R-TX) · Nov 17, 2025
Zachary Nunn (R-IA) · Nov 17, 2025
Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR) · Dec 1, 2025
Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) · Dec 18, 2025
Rick Larsen (D-WA) · Feb 9, 2026
Shri Thanedar (D-MI) · Feb 9, 2026
Derek Schmidt (R-KS) · Feb 11, 2026
Michael Baumgartner (R-WA) · Feb 12, 2026
Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY) · Feb 12, 2026
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA) · Feb 20, 2026
Young Kim (R-CA) · Mar 2, 2026
Chris Pappas (D-NH) · Mar 5, 2026
Max L. Miller (R-OH) · Mar 24, 2026
Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL) · Apr 2, 2026
Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY) · Apr 2, 2026
Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX) · Apr 2, 2026
David P. Joyce (R-OH) · Apr 13, 2026
Mike Ezell (R-MS) · Apr 20, 2026
James C. Moylan (R-GU) · Apr 23, 2026
John James (R-MI) · Apr 28, 2026
Julia Brownley (D-CA) · May 4, 2026
Chuck Edwards (R-NC) · May 7, 2026
Bill Huizenga (R-MI) · Jun 9, 2026
André Carson (D-IN) · Jun 29, 2026
Mike Rogers (R-AL) · Jun 29, 2026
Brad Sherman (D-CA) · Aug 13, 2026
Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) · Aug 13, 2026
Addison P. McDowell (R-NC) · Aug 24, 2026
Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH) · Sep 8, 2026
Randy Fine (R-FL) · Sep 14, 2026

Summary

No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.

Official title: To support the national defense and economic security of the United States by supporting vessels, ports, and shipyards of the United States and the U.S. maritime workforce.

Latest action(May 1, 2025): Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

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Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

Actions

May 1, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
May 1, 2025 · House
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Workforce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, and Veterans' Affairs, 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.
May 1, 2025
Introduced in House