Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 13
- Latest action
- Jul 21, 2025
What it does
The Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2025 would require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretaries of the Treasury and State, to identify and designate certain port-related property in Western Hemisphere free trade agreement partners that has been nationalized, expropriated, or otherwise seized from U.S. persons since January 1, 2024, and publish that list in the Federal Register. It would then prohibit vessels associated with such designated property from importing goods into the U.S., docking passenger vessels, releasing passengers or cargo, or performing maintenance or servicing activities in U.S. ports. The bill also amends Section 301 of the Trade…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.