House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Secure Our Ports Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 12, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 13, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9585.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. STEEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 142, September 12, 2024, Page H5231):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: TransportationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 12, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 98 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9585, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9585
- 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
11 cosponsors — 11 Republicans
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), James Moylan (R-GU), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), John Rutherford (R-FL), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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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.