House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Vessel Identification Protection Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a crime for altering, removing, or affixing unauthorized vessel identification numbers and trafficking certain vessels, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Ezell R-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 13, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 13, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9650.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EZELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 113, July 13, 2026, Page H4409):Article I, Section 8, clause 3 (Commerce Clause)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 48 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9650, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9650
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 15, 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 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Ezell.
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- H.R. 2293 (119th) Cormorant Relief Act of 2025
- H.R. 6995 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 825 Highway 198 in Beaumont, Mississippi, as the "Jeremy Malone…
- H.Con.Res. 30 (119th) Expressing support for local law enforcement officers.
- H.R. 152 (119th) Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act
- H.R. 153 (119th) Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act
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.