Defending American Property Abroad Act
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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.
- IntroducedMay 15, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 15, 2024 to Sep 25, 2024; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Original | May 15, 2024 |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Original | May 15, 2024 |
| R-AL | Dale W. Strong | Original | May 15, 2024 |
| R-AL | Gary J. Palmer | Original | May 15, 2024 |
| R-AL | Jerry L. Carl | Original | May 15, 2024 |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Original | May 15, 2024 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | May 15, 2024 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | May 15, 2024 |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Original | May 15, 2024 |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Jun 7, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Jun 7, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Jun 7, 2024 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Jun 26, 2024 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Jun 26, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jun 28, 2024 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Jul 2, 2024 | |
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Jul 8, 2024 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Jul 8, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Jul 23, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Jul 24, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Jul 24, 2024 | |
| R-FL | Aaron Bean | Jul 25, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Aug 2, 2024 | |
| R-NC | Chuck Edwards | Aug 2, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Aug 2, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Wesley Hunt | Aug 2, 2024 | |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Sep 3, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Sep 23, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Keith Self | Sep 25, 2024 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 15, 2024 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred Dec 17, 2024 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred May 15, 2024 |
| House | Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee | Referred May 15, 2024 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred May 15, 2024 |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred May 16, 2024 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- May 16, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- May 15, 2024Introduced in House
- May 15, 2024Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5216 | August Pfluger R-TX, Salud O. Carbajal D-CA | Sep 12, 2024 |
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. 170, no. 84, May 15, 2024, page H3274.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish prohibitions with respect to vessels loaded or previously held at ports, harbors, or marine terminals in certain Western Hemisphere countries and with respect to which land owned, held, or controlled directly or indirectly by United States persons that is necessary to access the ports, harbors, marine terminals, or relevant port infrastructure has been nationalized, forcibly limited, or expropriated by the governments of such countries, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Defending American Property Abroad Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 15, 2024Introduced 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.
