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H.R. 7084119th CongressTransportation and Public Works
Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026
Sponsored by Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) · 7 active : 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedMar 27, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govDefending American Property Abroad Act of 2026
This bill authorizes the President to prohibit the entry of a vessel into the United States if the vessel has transited any U.S. port, harbor, or marine terminal that has been nationalized or expropriated (e.g., seized) by a Western Hemisphere country that has a free trade agreement with the United States.
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Under the bill, the President may prohibit the entry and operation of a vessel if it has called at any port, harbor, or marine terminal that was owned, held, or controlled by a U.S. entity or individual, but has been nationalized or expropriated by the government of a country that is located in the Western Hemisphere and has a free trade agreement in effect with the United States.
The prohibition ends when the President determines that (1) the applicable country has restored ownership of the property that had been nationalized or expropriated, (2) the applicable country has provided mutually acceptable compensation for the nationalized or expropriated property, (3) the conditions for the prohibition are no longer satisfied, or (4) the dispute has been otherwise resolved to the satisfaction of the President.
The bill permits certain foreign vessels that are otherwise prohibited from entering the United States under this bill or current law to enter if the vessel is experiencing an emergency (involving the vessel or an individual on the vessel) and in certain instances where access to a covered facility was granted by a U.S. property owner.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · HouseReported by · Markup by · Discharged from · Referred to
- Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation · HouseReferred to
Subjects
- Free trade and trade barriers
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Property rights
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
7 activeShow all 7 cosponsors
- Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11)
- Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24)
- Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7)
- Tracey Mann (R-KS-1)
- John J. McGuire (R-VA-5)
- Barry Moore (R-AL-1)
- Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
