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119-hr-1701119th Congress

Strategic Ports Reporting Act

Sponsored By: Representative Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4]

Passed House

Summary

Map and monitor global ports critical to U.S. security and identify PRC efforts to build, buy, or control them. The bill would require the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, to lead a joint study and deliver an unclassified report with a possible classified annex within one year.

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  • Policymakers and Congress get a one-year unclassified report that lists known strategic ports operated or controlled by the People’s Republic of China or PRC-affiliated entities and by U.S. persons, plus assessments of national security and economic interests and port vulnerabilities.
  • Defense and diplomacy officials must assess PRC activities to expand control outside the PRC, including promotion of LOGINK and industry standards, analyze threats to U.S. personnel and facilities near ports such as cyber and espionage risks, and propose measures to maintain open access and security.
  • Port owners, private investors, and agencies will face a study of PRC-linked public and private actors, PRC-owned products used in port systems, estimated costs to secure or replace infrastructure, and suggested options for trusted investments including private funding, loans, loan guarantees, and tax incentives.

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Map and report on strategic ports

If enacted, State and Defense would map key ports worldwide and flag any Chinese efforts to build, buy, or control them. They would send Congress an unclassified map and a detailed report within one year, with a classified annex allowed, and could use a federally funded research center. The report would list PRC- and U.S.-controlled strategic ports, assess economic and national security risks and vulnerabilities, and assess PRC plans to expand control. It would analyze PRC tools like LOGINK, propose ways to secure trusted investment and ownership (including what powers the government has or needs), and estimate costs to replace PRC-linked products. It would outline funding sources (loans, loan guarantees, tax incentives), keep the port list up to date, and assess cyber and espionage threats to U.S. personnel and facilities near ports.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4]

MI • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]

    VA • R

    Sponsored 2/27/2025

  • Rep. Auchincloss, Jake [D-MA-4]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 2/27/2025

  • Rep. Olszewski, Johnny [D-MD-2]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 2/27/2025

  • Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]

    GU • R

    Sponsored 3/3/2025

  • Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 3/5/2025

  • Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]

    AS • R

    Sponsored 3/5/2025

  • Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 3/6/2025

  • Rep. Shreve, Jefferson [R-IN-6]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 3/10/2025

  • Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 3/11/2025

  • Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 3/25/2025

  • Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 3/25/2025

  • Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]

    AL • R

    Sponsored 4/9/2025

  • Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]

    IL • R

    Sponsored 4/28/2025

  • Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 4/30/2025

  • Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 5/19/2025

  • Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large]

    AK • R

    Sponsored 5/19/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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