BOATS Act
Latest action · Mar 2, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 1, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Bringing Oligarch Accountability Through Seizure Act or the BOATS Act
This bill prohibits Russian vessels from entering or operating in the navigable waters of the United States or transferring cargo in any port or place under U.S. jurisdiction, except for national security purposes. Violation of this prohibition subjects a vessel to seizure and forfeiture.
Any Russian vessel seized and forfeited to the United States shall be sold at an auction to any entity that is not affiliated with Russia. The proceeds of such auction may only be used for humanitarian aid to Ukraine that is provided by other member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2022 to Mar 8, 2022; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Original | Mar 1, 2022 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Mar 1, 2022 |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Original | Mar 1, 2022 |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Original | Mar 1, 2022 |
| R-MS | Steven M. Palazzo | Original | Mar 1, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Mar 2, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Mar 2, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | Mar 2, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| R-OH | Mike Carey | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Mar 8, 2022 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2022 |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred Mar 2, 2022 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 2, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Mar 1, 2022Introduced in House
- Mar 1, 2022Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 37, March 1, 2022, page H1208.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit Russian vessels from operating in the navigable waters of the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- BOATS Act
- Bringing Oligarch Accountability Through Seizure Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Conflicts and wars
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Customs enforcement
- Europe
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Foreign property
- Government information and archives
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Military operations and strategy
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Russia
- Transportation and Public Works
- Ukraine
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2022Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
