# 119-hr-4341: International Maritime Pollution Accountability Act of 2025 119-hr-4341, International Maritime Pollution Accountability Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4341 - As of: 2026-04-21 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-4341 - Congress: 119 - Title: International Maritime Pollution Accountability Act of 2025 - Status: in_committee - Introduced: 2025-07-10 - Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA) - Cosponsors: 1 - Policy area: Environmental Protection - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-04-21 ## Summary **This bill would create a new lifecycle emissions fee on cargo voyages** to charge ships for CO2e and other air pollutants and require quarterly voyage-level reporting. It directs those fees into a multi-agency fund to speed port and ship decarbonization starting in FY2029. - Shipping operators and importers face new quarterly reporting requirements starting January 1, 2027 and must pay a lifecycle CO2e fee calculated using a $150 base multiplier. Unpaid fees can trigger penalties and EPA may withhold importation until reporting and payment are completed. - Port communities and federal programs get targeted funding from prior-year fee collections to cut pollution and expand monitoring, including 5% for fenceline air monitoring near ports and 15% for EPA's Clean Ports program. - The law channels large shares of funding to maritime transition and innovation, with 25% for modernizing the Jones Act fleet and 25% for Department of Energy grants on low‑carbon maritime fuels; awards include prioritization for emissions reductions, environmental justice, and clawbacks for misuse. ## Cosponsors (1) - Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] (D-CA), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - More funding to cut port pollution: benefit, medium. If enacted, starting in FY2029, 15% of the prior year’s fee collections would fund the Clean Air Act port‑pollution program. Another 5% would fund grants for fenceline air monitoring at ports and in neighborhoods within one mile. Another 5% would fund workforce training for zero‑emission port equip… - Funds to modernize Jones Act ships: benefit, medium. If enacted, starting in FY2029 the Maritime Administration would receive 25% of prior‑year fee collections for grants, rebates, and low‑interest loans to replace or retrofit Jones Act vessels. Projects would move ships from marine fuel oil to batteries, low‑carbon fuels, or other zero‑emission tech… - Grants for low-carbon maritime fuel research: benefit, medium. If enacted, starting in FY2029 the Department of Energy would receive 25% of prior‑year fee collections for competitive grants. Funds would support producing, moving, blending, or storing low‑carbon maritime fuels and developing or demonstrating low‑emission maritime tech. Eligible applicants inclu… - Grants to electrify ferries and harbor craft: benefit, medium. If enacted, starting in FY2029, 10% of prior‑year fee collections would fund EPA grants, rebates, or low‑interest loans to replace or retrofit ferries and crew boats with battery‑only propulsion. Another 10% would fund similar help for harbor craft other than ferries. States, Tribes, local port age… - Money for ocean cleanup and coasts: benefit, low. If enacted, starting in FY2029, 2% of prior‑year fee collections would fund Save Our Seas 2.0 marine‑debris work at Commerce. Another 3% would go to NOAA’s National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund. These funds would support ocean cleanup and coastal security programs. - New pollution fees on cargo voyages: cost, medium. If enacted, operators of covered cargo voyages would pay new emissions fees starting January 1, 2027. The carbon fee would use fuel mass times the fuel’s lifecycle CO2‑e times a $150 base rate, with the rate rising each year from 2028 by CPI‑U plus 5 points. Fuel burned north of 60°N or south of 60… - Quarterly voyage reports for shippers: cost, low. If enacted, operators of covered voyages would need to file voyage data each quarter starting January 1, 2027. Reports would be due within 30 days after the quarter ends. Required items include ports, distance and time, fuel mass by type (overall, in U.S. ports and waters), cargo mass at U.S. ports… - What trips and fuels are covered: mixed, low. If enacted, a covered voyage would be any cargo trip by a self‑propelled ship of 5,000 gross tons or more, from leaving the origin port until offloading at the final port ends. Voyages that are OCS sources, carry military cargo, food aid, disaster relief, or use Jones Act vessels would be excluded.… ## Related bills - 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025 - 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act - 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act - 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025 ## Sources - [119-hr-4341 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4341) ## Related - [119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6900) - [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977) - [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481) - [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973) - [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971) - [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4341 (as of 2026-04-21).