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House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law

Putting Our Resources Towards Security (PORTS) Act

H.R. 1655Introduced Mar 19, 2009Policy area: Emergency Management
Sponsor: Rep. Silvestre Reyes D-TX
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Where it went

Latest action: Apr 23, 2009 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.

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

31 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 28 Democrats

3 of 31 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Joe Baca (D-CA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Susan Davis (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Bob Filner (D-CA), Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Ron Klein (D-FL), James Langevin (D-RI), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Harry Mitchell (D-AZ), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Solomon Ortiz (D-TX), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), Ted Poe (R-TX), Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Bart Stupak (D-MI) and 1 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Silvestre Reyes.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-16 district

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Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.