House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-299
Securing America's Ports Act
Became law on Jan 5, 2021.
Sponsor: Rep. Xochitl Torres Small D-NMWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 26, 2019
- Committee actionJan 29, 2020
- Passed HouseFeb 10, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 7, 2020 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesDec 10, 2020
- To the PresidentDec 24, 2020
- Became lawJan 5, 2021
Latest action: Jan 5, 2021 — Became Public Law No: 116-299.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5273.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5273, Securing America’s Ports Act” on August 18, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on February 10, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 18, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56513
- CBO publication date
- August 18, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5273, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5273
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5273, Securing America’s Ports Act” on August 18, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 11, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 18, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56514
- CBO publication date
- August 18, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5273, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5273
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f8fd21bfc13242f56e6fa1acec1bee0614c5a11bdbbb07af498acb099582cec
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 116-394 ↗; S. Rept. 116-267 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 9, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/394
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/267 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5273, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5273
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 189, November 26, 2019, Page H9180):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 26, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5273, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5273
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f8fd21bfc13242f56e6fa1acec1bee0614c5a11bdbbb07af498acb099582cec
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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 — 3 Republicans, 6 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), J. Correa (D-CA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Harder (D-CA), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Xochitl Torres Small.
- H.R. 1912 (116th) DHS Acquisition Documentation Integrity Act of 2019
- H.R. 4891 (116th) Western Water Security Act of 2020
- H.R. 1598 (116th) U.S. Customs and Border Protection Rural and Remote Hiring and Retention Strategy Act of 2019
- H.R. 5824 (116th) Federal Law Enforcement Training Research and Reporting Act of 2020
- H.R. 6956 (116th) Farming Support to States Act of 2020
- H.R. 6070 (116th) Border Health Security Act of 2020
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.