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SHIPS Act In Commerce Committee, Kaine Says

Wednesday, October 8th, 2025

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SHIPS Act In Commerce Committee, Kaine Says

The Liberty Promise, a U.S.-flagged Roll-On/Roll-Off (RO/RO) cargo ship under contract within the Maritime Security program (MSP) Fleet as of April 2019. (Photo: U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration)

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Tuesday confirmed the SHIPS Act is currently working its way through the Commerce Committee but he sees ways to connect it to a defense authorization bill. “The SHIPS Act, I think, is a real positive. You know we have our jurisdictional issues in the Senate - that's going through the Commerce Committee, because that's primarily on the private shipbuilding side, not public,” Kaine said during a Center for Strategic & International Studies event on Oct.…

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