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Save America's Ports Act of 2006

Introduced: March 16, 2006 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 March 21, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
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Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Mar 16, 2006
ORTIZ, SOLOMON
· Mar 16, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4977: Save America's Ports Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4977/
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"H.R. 4977: Save America's Ports Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4977/.
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H.R. 4977, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4977/.
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