S. 1536 · 119th Congress

Building Ships in America Act of 2025

Introduced on Apr 30, 2025 by Mark Kelly (D-AZ). 4 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Apr 30, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Apr 30, 2025
Cosponsors
4
2 from the other party
Policy area
Taxation
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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

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to support the national defense and economic security of the United States by supporting vessels, ports, and shipyards of the United States and the United States maritime workforce through tax policy.

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.

Mark KellyD-AZSponsor

Democrats · 2

Republicans · 2

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Apr 30, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Apr 30, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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. DNV USA, Inc.8 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DNV USA INC.$23.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. Chamber of Shipping of America6 reports
  3. Alliance For American Manufacturing5 reports
    $370K reported (all issues)
  4. American Maritime Partnership5 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)
  5. National Association of Waterfront Employers5 reports
  6. Seafarers International Union of N.A. - AGLIW5 reports
    $400K reported (all issues)
  7. AMERICAN COMMERCIAL BARGE LINE LLC3 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  8. BP AMERICA INC.3 reports
  9. Matson Navigation Company, Inc.3 reports
    $340K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY, INC.$40.7M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  10. Saltchuk Resources, Inc.3 reports
  11. Shell USA, Inc. (fka Shell Oil Company)3 reports
    $4.6M reported (all issues)
  12. Steelships, LLC3 reports
    $85K reported (all issues)
  13. AFL-CIO2 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE, INC. (THE)AI match · 92%
  14. AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING2 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING$15M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  15. American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier Group, Inc.2 reports
    $140K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN ROLL-ON ROLL-OFF CARRIER GROUP, INC$2.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
  16. INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER LESSORS2 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  17. Interpool, Inc. d/b/a Trac Intermodal2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  18. SARONIC TECHNOLOGIES INC.2 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  19. TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE2 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)
  20. CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.1 report
  21. SARONIC1 report
    $410K reported (all issues)
  22. Saronic Technologies f/k/a SARONIC1 report
    $550K reported (all issues)
  23. USA Shipbuilding Coalition Inc.1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)

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 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 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.