H.R. 4993 · 118th Congress

To amend title 46, United States Code, to include the replacement or purchase of additional cargo handling equipment as an eligible purpose for Capital Construction Funds, and for other purposes.

Introduced on Jul 27, 2023 by Mike Ezell (R-MS-4). 19 cosponsors, 4 of them from another party. Latest action (Jul 28, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jul 27, 2023
Cosponsors
19
4 from the other party
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Subjects

  • Infrastructure development
  • Marine and inland water transportation
  • Motor vehicles
  • Navigation, waterways, harbors

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Mike EzellR-MS-4Sponsor

Democrats · 4

Republicans · 15

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jul 27, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jul 27, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jul 27, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  4. Jul 28, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. National Association of Waterfront Employers9 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  2. INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER LESSORS5 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  3. Interpool, Inc. d/b/a Trac Intermodal5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  4. PORTS AMERICA GROUP, INC. DBA PORTS AMERICA5 reports
    $270K reported (all issues)
  5. SSA MARINE INC.5 reports
  6. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LLC. (formerly Ltd.)4 reports
    $700K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LLC$76.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.