House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SHIPS for America Act of 2025
Official title: To support the national defense and economic security of the United States by supporting vessels, ports, and shipyards of the United States and the U.S. maritime workforce.
Sponsor: Rep. Trent Kelly R-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 1, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3151.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 73, May 1, 2025, Page H1811):Clause 1 of section 8 of Article 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 34 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3151, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3151
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
31964df0ca16477f3f5f2b45547da5f6cad43658ea5c6c7ff1ac04870388b25f
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 October 23, 2026). 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
144 cosponsors — 67 Republicans, 77 Democrats
77 of 144 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Mike Carey (R-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Jason Crow (D-CO), Donald Davis (D-NC), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) and 114 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Trent Kelly.
- H.R. 3476 (119th) Forest Conservation Easement Program Act of 2025
- H.R. 3397 (119th) Pacific Ready Coast Guard Act
- H.R. 2329 (119th) Uzbekistan Normalized Trade Act
- H.R. 5468 (119th) Community College Agriculture Advancement Act of 2025
- H.R. 1170 (119th) Congressional Access to Military Posts Act of 2025
- H.R. 1571 (119th) Bureaucratic Labor Adjustment and Downsizing Effort Act
Related bills
- H.R. 2429 (119th) To direct the Secretary of Transportation to develop and implement a comprehensive Campus Modernization Plan for the United States…Related bill
- H.R. 9921 (119th) American Shipyard Investment Act of 2026Related bill
- S. 1536 (119th) Building Ships in America Act of 2025Related bill
- S. 1541 (119th) SHIPS for America Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.