# 119-hr-2125: SOS Act of 2025

119-hr-2125, SOS Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7] (R-TN); status in_committee (as of 2025-12-20).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2125
- Congress: 119
- Title: SOS Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-03-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7] (R-TN)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-20

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] (R-VA), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] (R-TN), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Biggs, Sheri [R-SC-3] (R-SC), 2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCormick, Richard [R-GA-7] (R-GA), 2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21] (R-FL), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] (R-MN), 2025-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1] (R-NY), 2025-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2] (R-MI), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Study panel on shipyards and maritime jobs: benefit, low. 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…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-2125 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2125)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2125 (as of 2025-12-20).