Update On The SHIPS For America Act

The Shipbuilding and Harbor Infrastructure for Prosperity and Security for America Act (SHIPS for America Act) that was originally introduced in Congress in 2024 has been reintroduced in the Senate of the 119th Congress as S. 1541, with Sens. Mark Kelly, D‑Ariz., Todd Young, R-Ind., Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Rick Scott, R-Fla., and John Fetterman, D-Pa., as its cosponsors. Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, subsequently joined as cosponsors as well. The bill has been initially referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

A companion bill of the same name has been introduced as H.R. 3151 in the House of Representatives by Rep. Trent Kelly, R-Miss., on behalf of himself and 37 cosponsors — 21 Republicans and 16 Democrats. The House bill was referred to 12 different committees for consideration within their respective subject matter jurisdictions.