[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2035 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2035

   To amend title 46, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
   Transportation to ensure that all cargoes procured, furnished, or 
    financed by the Department of Transportation are transported on 
privately-owned commercial vessels of the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2025

Mr. Carbajal (for himself and Mr. Ezell) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 46, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
   Transportation to ensure that all cargoes procured, furnished, or 
    financed by the Department of Transportation are transported on 
privately-owned commercial vessels of the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Cargo for American Ships 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CARGOES PROCURED, FURNISHED, OR FINANCED BY UNITED STATES 
              GOVERNMENT.

    Section 55305 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``When the United States 
        Government'' and inserting ``Except as provided in subsection 
        (c), when the United States Government'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as 
        subsections (d) through (g), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Exception.--When the Department of Transportation procures, 
contracts for, or otherwise obtains for its own account, or provides 
financing in any way with Federal funds or advances funds or credits, 
for the furnishing or obtaining of the equipment, materials, or 
commodities, the Secretary of Transportation or recipient of such 
financing shall take steps necessary and practicable to ensure that 100 
percent of the gross tonnage of the equipment, materials, or 
commodities (computed separately for dry bulk carriers, dry cargo 
liners, and tankers) which may be transported on ocean vessels is 
transported on privately-owned commercial vessels of the United States, 
as provided under subsection (b), to the extent those vessels are 
available at fair and reasonable rates for commercial vessels of the 
United States, in a manner that will ensure a fair and reasonable 
participation of commercial vessels of the United States in those 
cargoes by geographic areas.''.
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