House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Merchant Marine Allies Partnership Act
Official title: To allow the Secretary of Transportation to authorize vessels documented in allied foreign countries, owned by nationals of allied foreign countries, or crewed by allied foreign countries to engage in certain coastwise trade, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 2, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4839.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 133, August 1, 2025, Page H3674):Section 8 of article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4839, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4839
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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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.