1HOUSE · JUN 9, 2025
Passed the House
373–14PASSED
R 186–12 D 187–2
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll 157 · 44 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
American Cargo for American Ships Act
Official title: To amend title 46, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to ensure that all cargoes procured, furnished, or financed by the Department of Transportation are transported on privately-owned commercial vessels of the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Salud Carbajal D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2025
- Committee actionApr 2, 2025
- Passed HouseJun 9, 2025 · 373–14
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 10, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2035.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-147 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 6, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/147
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2035, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2035
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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 Mr. CARBAJAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 45, March 11, 2025, Page H1151):Article I, Section 8, clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2035, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2035
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 2035. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Salud Carbajal.
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- H.R. 2820 (119th) California Clean Coast Act of 2025
- H.R. 5017 (119th) Greyhound Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 1827 (119th) Child Care Availability and Affordability Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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