HR 4977
109th Congress
House
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Save America's Ports Act of 2006
Introduced: March 16, 2006
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 21, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
Mar 17, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Mar 16, 2006
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Homeland Security, 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.
Mar 16, 2006
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Save America's Ports Act of 2006 - Prohibits, for a two-year period, the entering into a contract for the operation of a seaport or other point of entry into the United States if a party to such contract is or would be: (1) a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism; (2) a foreign terrorist organization; (3) a foreign person who has committed, or poses a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism; or (4) an entity that is owned or controlled by such a government, organization, or person.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
Cosponsors
1