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Did Mike Lawler pass the SHIP Act and Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act into law?

Matches stated record claim. He sponsored both bills, and both became law in April 2024 inside a larger foreign aid package he voted for.

Mike Lawler

Laws against Iran's oil trade

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What they say

His campaign says he introduced and passed into law bills against Iran's illicit oil trade, including the SHIP Act and the Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act.

“Introduced and passed into law multiple pieces of legislation to combat the illicit Iranian oil trade”

What the record shows ·

He sponsored both: the SHIP Act (H.R. 3774) and the Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act of 2023 (H.R. 5923). Both went into the House package H.R. 8038, which he voted for on April 20, 2024 (360-58), and both became law as divisions J and S of Public Law 118-50 on April 24, 2024.

Limit: Both became law inside a much larger foreign aid package, not as stand-alone bills.

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  1. Issueshttps://www.lawlerforcongress.com/issues/

    Lawler for Congress, Inc. · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Fifteen issue sections, most of them lists of bills and votes he names. Undated; read October 1, 2026.

    candidate statement

    For: Did Mike Lawler pass the SHIP Act and Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act into law?

  2. H.R. 3774 (118th Congress), SHIP Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3774

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sponsor Lawler. Introduced May 31, 2023.

    official legislative record

    For: Did Mike Lawler pass the SHIP Act and Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act into law?

  3. H.R. 5923 (118th Congress), Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act of 2023https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5923

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sponsor Lawler. Introduced October 11, 2023.

    official legislative record

    For: Did Mike Lawler pass the SHIP Act and Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act into law?

  4. H.R. 8038 (118th Congress), 21st Century Peace through Strength Act, as introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr8038ih/html/BILLS-118hr8038ih.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The House package of April 2024. Division F is the SHIP Act; it also carries the Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act of 2023.

    official legislative record

    For: Did Mike Lawler pass the SHIP Act and Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act into law?

  5. House Roll Call 145, 2024: H.R. 8038, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024145

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    April 20, 2024. Carried 360-58. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Did Mike Lawler pass the SHIP Act and Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act into law?

  6. Public Law 118-50, national security supplemental (H.R. 815)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ50/html/PLAW-118publ50.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Apr 24, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Signed April 24, 2024. Division J is the SHIP Act and division S the Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act of 2023.

    official legislative record

    For: Did Mike Lawler pass the SHIP Act and Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act into law?