[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 252 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 117
119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 252

                          [Report No. 119-148]

 To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit certain contracts 
      for port operations and management, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2025

 Mr. Calvert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

                              June 6, 2025

           Additional sponsors: Mr. Gimenez and Mr. Garamendi

                              June 6, 2025

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 
                                9, 2025]


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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit certain contracts 
      for port operations and management, and for other purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Our Ports Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN CONTRACTS FOR PORT OPERATION AND 
              MANAGEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 700 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 70015. Prohibition on certain contracts for port operation and 
              management
    ``(a) In General.--An owner or operator of a facility for which a 
facility security plan is required under section 70103(c) of this title 
may not enter into a contract for the ownership, leasing, or operation 
of such facility with an entity that is--
            ``(1) a Chinese, Russian, North Korean, or Iranian state-
        owned enterprise; or
            ``(2) a foreign entity for which any percentage is owned by 
        a country listed in paragraph (1).
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms `facility', and 
`owner or operator' have the meanings given such terms in section 70101 
of this title.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 700 of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 70014 the following:

``70015. Prohibition on certain contracts for port operation and 
                            management.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 117

119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 252

                          [Report No. 119-148]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit certain contracts 
      for port operations and management, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              June 6, 2025

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed