H.R. 2035 · 119th Congress

American Cargo for American Ships Act

Introduced on Mar 11, 2025 by Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24). One cosponsor. Latest action (Jun 10, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Mar 11, 2025
Cosponsors
1
1 from the other party
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

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

Official title

To amend title 46, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to ensure that all cargoes procured, furnished, or financed by the Department of Transportation are transported on privately-owned commercial vessels of the United States, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Marine and inland water transportation
  • Public contracts and procurement

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Mar 11, 2025). Public domain.

American Cargo for American Ships Act

This bill requires 100% of equipment, materials, and commodities procured, furnished, or financed by the Department of Transportation (DOT) and transported on ocean vessels to be transported on U.S.-flagged commercial vessels. (Current cargo preference laws require that a minimum percentage of federally financed ocean cargo be transported on U.S.-flagged commercial vessels. For civilian agencies and agricultural cargo, the minimum is generally 50%.)

Specifically, the bill imposes the requirement on DOT (for cargo it contracts for or procures for itself) and recipients of DOT funding (for cargo DOT has financed with federal funds or advanced funds for the recipient to obtain). As under current cargo preference laws, the requirement applies to the extent those vessels are available at fair and reasonable rates for U.S.-flagged commercial vessels, in a manner that will ensure fair and reasonable participation of U.S.-flagged commercial vessels by geographic area.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Salud O. CarbajalD-CA-24Sponsor

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

  1. On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
    Jun 9, 2025· House· Passage· Passed 373–14

History

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  1. Mar 11, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Mar 11, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Mar 11, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  4. Mar 12, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
  5. Apr 2, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Discharged
  6. Apr 2, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  7. Apr 2, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  8. Jun 6, 2025Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-147.
  9. Jun 6, 2025 · HouseReported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-147.
  10. Jun 6, 2025 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 116.
  11. Jun 9, 2025 · HouseMr. Ezell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  12. Jun 9, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2546-2547)
  13. Jun 9, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2035.
  14. Jun 9, 2025 · HouseAt the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  15. Jun 9, 2025 · HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2557-2558)
  16. Jun 9, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 373 - 14 (Roll no. 157). (text: CR H2546-2547)House · Roll call 157
  17. Jun 9, 2025 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 373 - 14 (Roll no. 157). (text: CR H2546-2547)House · Roll call 157
  18. Jun 9, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  19. Jun 10, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Committees

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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. Chamber of Shipping of America6 reports
  2. Seafarers International Union of N.A. - AGLIW5 reports
    $400K reported (all issues)
  3. PORT OF PORTLAND2 reports
    $174.6K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PORT OF PORTLAND$12.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  4. AFL-CIO1 report
    $760K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE, INC. (THE)AI match · 92%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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.