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H.R. 2440: Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act

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H.R. 2440: Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-05-01 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-05-01 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 585 (2019): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR2440 (2019-10-28), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. 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.

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Official title

Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act

Plain summary

Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act This bill provides a discretionary spending limit adjustment for full utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to ensure that funds are used to support navigation and maintain federally authorized harbors. The bill makes certain amounts in the trust fund available, without appropriation, to pay 100% of the eligible operations and maintenance costs of specified portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway (a system of locks, canals, and channels in Canada and the United States that permits oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes); and up to 100% of the eligible operations and maintenance costs assigned to commercial navigation of all U.S. harbors and inland harbors. The discretionary spending adjustment in a given fiscal year may not exceed the amount within the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund on the last day of the fiscal year that is two years prior to such fiscal year.

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Official text

Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · 21 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2440, Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act (2019-05-28)

Cosponsors on this site

Sam Graves (R-MO), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Angie Craig (D-MN), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX)

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Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
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.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr2440 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116