House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Justice for Victims of Foreign Vessel Accidents Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 13, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 14, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9348.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARAMENDI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 130, August 13, 2024, Page H4991):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: CommerceSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 13, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 107 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9348, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9348
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 24, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 24, 2024). 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Garamendi.
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- H.R. 6081 (118th) To amend the short title of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act to be the Dianne Feinstein Lake Tahoe Restoration Act.
- H.R. 716 (118th) Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2023
- H.R. 7771 (118th) National Rosie the Riveter Day Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.