House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Secure Our Ports Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit certain contracts for port operations and management, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ken Calvert R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2025
- Committee actionApr 2, 2025
- Passed HouseJun 9, 2025 · by voice vote
- 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. 252.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-148 ↗. 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/148
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 252, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/252
- 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. CALVERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 5, January 9, 2025, Page H92):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 1 and clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2025 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 174 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 252, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/252
- 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
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 — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ken Calvert.
- H.R. 4638 (119th) Federal Working Animal Protection Act
- H.R. 1663 (119th) VSAFE Act of 2025
- H.R. 831 (119th) Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Amendment Act of 2025
- H.R. 4016 (119th) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
- H.Res. 978 (119th) Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Doug LaMalfa.
- H.R. 9495 (119th) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.