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119-hr-3772119th Congress

Defense Shipyard Workforce Housing Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Defense to study the feasibility, costs, and benefits of providing apartment-style or dormitory workforce housing for civilian shipyard workers. The study would be coordinated with the Navy and the Office of Industrial Policy and must deliver a report to Congress within 18 months.

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  • Workers and families: Would analyze how apartment-style or dormitory housing could reduce commuting burdens and affect worker availability, morale, recruitment, and retention.
  • Department of Defense and Navy: Would assess estimated costs to construct, maintain, or lease housing and evaluate options for deducting fair-market or below-market rent directly from employee paychecks, including legal and administrative implications.
  • Local economies and planning: Would measure potential economic and workforce benefits and include case studies at at least two of the covered shipyards named in the bill: Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

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Bill Overview

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

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

VA • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 6/5/2025

  • Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]

    ME • D

    Sponsored 6/5/2025

  • Rep. Randall, Emily [D-WA-6]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 6/5/2025

  • Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]

    NE • R

    Sponsored 6/5/2025

  • Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]

    NC • D

    Sponsored 6/10/2025

  • Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 6/20/2025

  • Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 6/20/2025

  • Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-28]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 6/24/2025

  • Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]

    VA • R

    Sponsored 6/24/2025

  • Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 8/5/2025

  • Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2]

    NH • D

    Sponsored 9/26/2025

  • Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 10/17/2025

  • Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]

    ME • D

    Sponsored 11/18/2025

  • Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 12/17/2025

Roll Call Votes

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