House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Noncontiguous Disaster Shipping Act
Official title: To amend title 46, United States Code, to provide for a waiver of navigation or vessel-inspection laws in noncontiguous areas upon a declaration of a major disaster or emergency, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 29, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4813.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOYLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 130, July 29, 2025, Page H3664):clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4813, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4813
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 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.
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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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Ed Case (D-HI), Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Ritchie Torres (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Moylan.
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- H.R. 877 (119th) Deliver for Veterans Act
- H.R. 6275 (119th) China AI Power Report Act
- H.R. 2149 (119th) Correcting Guam’s History in the PACT Act
- H.R. 10115 (119th) Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1328 (119th) Honoring the 80th anniversary of United States-Philippine relations.
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.