H.R. 3151 · 119th Congress

SHIPS for America Act of 2025

Introduced on May 1, 2025 by Trent Kelly (R-MS-1). 144 cosponsors, 77 of them from another party. Latest action (May 1, 2025): Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
May 1, 2025
Cosponsors
144
77 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

Official title

To support the national defense and economic security of the United States by supporting vessels, ports, and shipyards of the United States and the U.S. maritime workforce.

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.

Trent KellyR-MS-1Sponsor

Democrats · 77

Republicans · 67

Roll calls

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

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

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. May 1, 2025Introduced in House
  2. May 1, 2025Introduced in House
  3. May 1, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Workforce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. May 1, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Workforce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. May 1, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Workforce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  6. May 1, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Workforce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  7. May 1, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Workforce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  8. May 1, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Workforce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  9. May 1, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Workforce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  10. May 1, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Workforce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  11. May 1, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Workforce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  12. May 1, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Workforce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  13. May 1, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Workforce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  14. May 1, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Workforce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  15. May 1, 2025 · 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. DNV USA, Inc.7 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DNV USA INC.$23.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. National Association of Waterfront Employers7 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  3. CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.6 reports
    $2.5M reported (all issues)
  4. SSA MARINE INC.6 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  5. AMERICAN MARITIME OFFICERS5 reports
    $183.6K reported (all issues)
  6. Alliance For American Manufacturing5 reports
    $370K reported (all issues)
  7. American Association for Justice5 reports
    $7.8M reported (all issues)
  8. American Maritime Partnership5 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)
  9. Association For Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International5 reports
    $456.8K reported (all issues)
  10. Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP)5 reports
  11. CONSORTIUM OF STATE MARITIME ACADEMIES5 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  12. Chamber of Shipping of America5 reports
  13. MARITIME INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT5 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  14. NUCOR CORPORATION5 reports
    $2.6M reported (all issues)
  15. New American Industrial Alliance5 reports
    $270K reported (all issues)
  16. Ocean Conservancy5 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)
  17. PORTS AMERICA GROUP, INC. DBA PORTS AMERICA5 reports
    $380K reported (all issues)
  18. Rhoads industries5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: RHOADS INDUSTRIES, INC.$30M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  19. Seafarers International Union of N.A. - AGLIW5 reports
    $400K reported (all issues)
  20. Shell USA, Inc. (fka Shell Oil Company)5 reports
    $7.4M reported (all issues)
  21. Stolt Tankers USA, Inc.5 reports
    $220K reported (all issues)
  22. United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy5 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)
  23. WORLD SHIPPING COUNCIL5 reports
  24. Army Littoral Manuever and Sealift Alliance4 reports
  25. Chevron U.S.A. Inc.4 reports
    $7.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC$713.4K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  26. Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association4 reports
    $930K reported (all issues)
  27. U.S. MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION & FOUNDATION, INC.4 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  28. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL3 reports
    $10.8M reported (all issues)
  29. AMERICAN COMMERCIAL BARGE LINE LLC3 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  30. AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE3 reports
    $6.8M reported (all issues)
  31. American Maritime Officers Service (AMOS)3 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  32. Matson Navigation Company, Inc.3 reports
    $340K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY, INC.$40.7M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  33. National Retail Federation3 reports
    $5.8M reported (all issues)
  34. Saltchuk Resources, Inc.3 reports
  35. Steelships, LLC3 reports
    $85K reported (all issues)
  36. BAE SYSTEMS2 reports
    $2.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BAE SYSTEMS PLCAI match · 99%
  37. City of Vallejo, California2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  38. INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  39. International Marine Contractors Association2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  40. SARONIC TECHNOLOGIES INC.2 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • 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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 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.