H.R. 2035 · 119th Congress · Transportation and public works
American Cargo for American Ships Act
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Jun 9, 2025
Roll call ↗373
14
Passed the House.
Passed the House on June 9, 2025.
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- IntroducedMar 11, 2025
- CommitteeJun 6, 2025
- Passed HouseJun 9, 2025
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 1
- all Republican
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationHouse Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Lobbying
- At least 4
- organizations named it2025 Q1 to 2026 Q3
What it does
The bill raises the U.S.-flag shipping requirement for cargo tied to the Department of Transportation to 100 percent.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, June 9, 2025
Yea unless marked
D · House · NC-12
R · House · AL-4
D · House · CA-33
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
The bill raises the U.S.-flag shipping requirement for cargo tied to the Department of Transportation to 100 percent. It amends Section 55305 of title 46, the cargo preference law, by carving out a new exception for the Department of Transportation. When the Department procures, contracts for, or finances equipment, materials, or commodities with federal funds, the Secretary of Transportation or the recipient of that financing must take necessary and practicable steps to ensure that 100 percent of the gross tonnage moved on ocean vessels travels on privately owned commercial vessels of the United States. That percentage is computed separately for dry bulk carriers, dry cargo liners, and tankers. The requirement applies to the extent U.S. vessels are available at fair and reasonable rates, and it must be met in a way that ensures fair and reasonable participation of U.S. vessels by geographic area. The general cargo preference statute otherwise sets a lower baseline, and this bill applies the higher 100 percent share to DOT-financed cargo.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 4 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 16 quarterly reports filed by 4 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
The organizations named: AFL-CIO; Chamber of Shipping of America; Port of Portland; Seafarers International Union of N.A. - Agliw. Listed as filed. They are every client name on the filings counted here.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.