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H.R. 104: RAMP Act

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H.R. 104: RAMP Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-01-05 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-01-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

RAMP Act

Plain summary

Realize America's Maritime Promise Act or the RAMP Act - Requires the total budget resources for expenditures from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for harbor maintenance programs to equal the level of receipts plus interest credited to such Fund for that fiscal year. Limits the use of such resources to such programs only. Declares that it shall be out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that would cause total budget resources for the Fund in a fiscal year for harbor maintenance programs to be less than the level of receipts plus interest credited to the Fund for that fiscal year.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

RAMP Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7] · 196 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Joe Courtney (D-CT), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), Steve Scalise (R-LA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), John Garamendi (D-CA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), William R. Keating (D-MA) and 136 more.

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Words on this page, explained (3)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Fiscal year
The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.
Joint resolution
In Texas, the type of measure the Legislature uses to propose a constitutional amendment (marked HJR or SJR). The governor does not sign or veto it; the voters decide. In Congress a joint resolution can also be used like a bill. In Florida, a joint resolution passed by three-fifths of the members of each chamber puts a constitutional amendment on the ballot.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr104 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112