House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Save Our Ships Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 11, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 11, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9983.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NORCROSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 155, October 11, 2024, Page H5868):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To establish a grant program to support the conservation and preservation of historic military ships and submarines, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 11, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 204 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9983, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9983
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 16, 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 16, 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
10 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 8 Democrats
2 of 10 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Ed Case (D-HI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA).
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.