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119-hr-2125119th Congress

SOS Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]

In Committee

Summary

Strengthen the U.S. maritime industrial base. This bill would create the National Commission on the Maritime Industrial Base to investigate barriers facing U.S. shipyards, shipbuilding and repair, ports, and the skilled maritime workforce and to recommend policies that support national defense.

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  • Shipyards and builders: The commission would study the condition of the shipbuilding industrial base and recommend actions on tax and regulatory burdens, investment incentives, and responses to foreign subsidies to revitalize domestic shipbuilding.
  • Maritime workers: The commission would assess the adequacy and training of mariners and shipyard workers and propose ways to reduce job loss and sustain a skilled labor force.
  • Defense planners: The commission would evaluate whether the industry can meet naval and military needs and how great power competition or conflict could affect U.S. maritime forces.
  • Federal coordination and timeline: The body would include 15 voting commissioners and 7 nonvoting members from agencies like the Navy and Coast Guard and must report to the President and Congress within 1 year of its first meeting.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Study panel on shipyards and maritime jobs

This bill would create a National Commission on the Maritime Industrial Base to study U.S. shipyards, shipbuilding and repair, harbors, and the skilled workforce. It would look at defense needs and barriers like taxes, rules, foreign subsidies, and training gaps, and then recommend policies to the President and Congress. The Commission would have 15 voting members and 7 non-voting members (one each from the Navy, Coast Guard, United States Maritime Service, Marine Corps, United States Naval War College, Maritime Administration, and the United States Merchant Maritime Academy). The first meeting would be within 90 days after two-thirds of voting members are appointed; a public report would be due 1 year after that meeting, with an optional classified annex. Members would serve without pay but would receive travel and per diem; the Commission could hire staff and request nonconfidential information from federal agencies. The Commission would end 30 days after it sends its report.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]

TN • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2]

    VA • R

    Sponsored 3/14/2025

  • Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]

    NC • D

    Sponsored 3/14/2025

  • Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 3/21/2025

  • Rep. Biggs, Sheri [R-SC-3]

    SC • R

    Sponsored 3/24/2025

  • Rep. McCormick, Richard [R-GA-7]

    GA • R

    Sponsored 3/24/2025

  • Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 3/27/2025

  • Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]

    MN • R

    Sponsored 4/14/2025

  • Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 4/21/2025

  • Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2]

    MI • R

    Sponsored 5/7/2025

Roll Call Votes

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