House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
FERRIES Act
Official title: To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to codify and amend certain grant programs under which the Secretary of Transportation may issue grants for use in the provision of passenger ferry services, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Emily Randall D-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 4, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7774.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. RANDALL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 40, March 3, 2026, Page H2370):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7774, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7774
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 30, 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 September 29, 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
11 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 9 Democrats
2 of 11 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), William Keating (D-MA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Emily Randall.
- H.R. 2388 (119th) Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act
- H.R. 2389 (119th) Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act
- H.R. 2221 (119th) Office of Management and Budget Inspector General Act
- H.R. 3566 (119th) ANCHOR for Military Families Act
- H.R. 5603 (119th) Emergency Responder Protection Act
- H.R. 3654 (119th) TERRA Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.