House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
MARITIME Act
Official title: To require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on the promotion of certain policies regarding the effects of sea level rise on the statehood and maritime zones of countries, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ami Bera D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 5, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 5, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3748.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 96, June 5, 2025, Page H2507):Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3748, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3748
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 22, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 July 22, 2025). 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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats
4 of 6 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Ed Case (D-HI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), James Moylan (R-GU), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ami Bera.
- H.R. 3429 (119th) US-Japan-ROK Trilateral Cooperation Act
- H.R. 2488 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3817 Marysville Boulevard in Sacramento, California, as the…
- H.R. 6428 (119th) To require the Secretary of State to submit a report on participation in educational and cultural exchange programs.
- H.R. 6126 (119th) United States Foreign Service Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 1902 (119th) HERO Act
- H.Res. 880 (119th) Recognizing the strategic value of the historical partnership between the United States and India.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.