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HR 5885 117th Congress House Transportation and Public Works

To establish an interagency task force to address the backlog of cargo ships at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach and in the coastal waters of Orange County, California, and for…

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To establish an interagency task force to address the backlog of cargo ships at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach and in the coastal waters of Orange County, California, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 4, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Nov 5, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Nov 4, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Nov 4, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Coast Guard to establish an interagency task force to address the vessel backlogs at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach and in the coastal waters of Orange County, California.

Specifically, the task force must

  • evaluate and quantify the impact of the vessel backlogs at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach,
  • evaluate and quantify the costs incurred by other federal, state, and local governments due to such vessel backlogs,
  • evaluate the responses of federal agencies to such vessel backlogs,
  • investigate the cause of the oil spill that occurred in October 2021 in the coastal waters of Orange County, and
  • develop and report on a plan to solve the vessel backlog and oil spill crises along the coast of southern California.
What's happening now November 5, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · Nov 5, 2021
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Nov 4, 2021
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Kim, Young
California · Nov 4, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5885: To establish an interagency task force to address the backlog of cargo ships at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach and in the coastal waters of Orange County, California, and for other purposes.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5885/
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"H.R. 5885: To establish an interagency task force to address the backlog of cargo ships at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach and in the coastal waters of Orange County, California, and for other purposes.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5885/.
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H.R. 5885, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5885/.
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[H.R. 5885: To establish an interagency task force to address the backlog of cargo ships at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach and in the coastal waters of Orange County, California, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5885/)
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