House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
International Port Security Enforcement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 27, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1782.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GIMENEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 54, March 24, 2023, Page H1438):Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend Section 70108 of title 46 United States Code to prohibit the Secretary of the Department in which the United States Coast Guard is operatingSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 212 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1782, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1782
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Mark Green (R-TN), Michael Guest (R-MS), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Brian Mast (R-FL), David Rouzer (R-NC), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Carlos Gimenez.
- H.R. 8631 (118th) Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act
- H.R. 3169 (118th) Port Crane Security and Inspection Act of 2023
- H.R. 8655 (118th) Federal Air Marshal Enhancing Airport Security Act of 2024
- H.R. 7802 (118th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 400 Whitehead Street in Key West, Florida, as the "Jimmy Buffett…
- H.Res. 409 (118th) Condemning the acts of terrorism committed by Iranian military proxies, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad…
- H.R. 3393 (118th) U.S.-Israel Cooperation Expansion Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.