House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Open America's Waters Act
Official title: To repeal the Jones Act restrictions on coastwise trade, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Tom McClintock R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 13, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3940.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCLINTOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 101, June 12, 2025, Page H2821):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3940, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3940
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom McClintock.
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- H.R. 183 (119th) Law Enforcement Officer and Firefighter Recreation Pass Act
- H.R. 2302 (119th) Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025
- H.R. 8454 (119th) To provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of California, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 175 (119th) Deport Alien Gang Members Act
- H.R. 5437 (119th) Protection of Lawful Commerce in Stone Slab Products Act
Related bills
- S. 2043 (119th) Open America's Waters ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.