S. 1441: SHIPYARD Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-04-28 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-04-28 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

SHIPYARD Act

Plain summary

Supplying Help to Infrastructure in Ports, Yards, and America's Repair Docks Act of 2021 or the SHIPYARD Act This bill provides supplemental appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for improving naval shipyard infrastructure. The bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. DOD must make this funding directly available to the Department of the Navy. Funds must be used for specified purposes, including for public and private shipyard facilities, docks, dry docks, capital equipment improvements, and dredging efforts needed by shipyards.

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Official text

SHIPYARD Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] · 18 cosponsors

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Tim Kaine (D-VA), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Patty Murray (D-WA), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Todd Young (R-IN)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] reported raising $306,823 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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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.
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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s1441.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>

Record fed-us-cong117-s1441 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117