Bills · 119th Congress · Transportation and Public Works

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025

Where it stands

  1. Introduced7/2/25
  2. Passed HousePassed 7/23/25
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 399–12 on July 23, 2025 (Roll Call 218 →). Received in the Senate the same day. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 7/23/25Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic202 Yea · 0 Nay · 10 Not voting
  • Republican197 Yea · 12 Nay · 9 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

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Sponsor
Rep. Sam Graves ( Republican · MO-6)
Cosponsors
4
Introduced
7/2/25
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2027, it expires when the 119th Congress ends.

All actions (17)
  1. 7/2/25Introduced in House
  2. 7/2/25Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  3. 7/3/25Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
  4. 7/15/25Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Discharged
  5. 7/15/25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. 7/15/25Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 60 - 0.
  7. 7/22/25Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-214.
  8. 7/22/25Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 174.
  9. 7/23/25Mr. Graves moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  10. 7/23/25Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3572-3620)
  11. 7/23/25DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4275.
  12. 7/23/25At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  13. 7/23/25Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3622-3623)
  14. 7/23/25Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 399 - 12 (Roll no. 218). (text: CR H3572-3617)
  15. 7/23/25On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 399 - 12 (Roll no. 218). (text: CR H3572-3617)
  16. 7/23/25Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  17. 7/23/25Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.