HR 8934 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Ferry Service Expansion Act

Introduced Sep 21, 2022 Originated House Sponsor John Garamendi D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 22, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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.

  1. IntroducedSep 21, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Ferry Service Expansion Act

This bill revises and increases funding for grant programs related to ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities, including by making certain passenger ferries eligible and qualified vessels for capital construction funds.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 21, 2022 to Dec 13, 2022; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalSep 21, 2022
R-ASAumua Amata Coleman RadewagenOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-WARick LarsenOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalSep 21, 2022
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.Oct 21, 2022
D-MAStephen F. LynchOct 25, 2022
D-NYThomas R. SuozziOct 25, 2022
D-MEChellie PingreeDec 13, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Sep 21, 2022
Highways and Transit Subcommittee
Referred Sep 22, 2022

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 22, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
  2. Sep 21, 2022Introduced in House
  3. Sep 21, 2022Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E963)
  4. Sep 21, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E963John Garamendi D-CASep 21, 2022

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 152, September 21, 2022, page H8066.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 4909Ferry Service Expansion ActIdentical billSep 21, 2022

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To increase authorizations for the passenger ferry competitive grant program and the ferry boats and terminal facilities formula grant program, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Ferry Service Expansion Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 21, 2022Introduced in House

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