# 119-hr-252: Secure Our Ports Act of 2025

119-hr-252, Secure Our Ports Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-252
- As of: 2026-09-10
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-252
- Congress: 119
- Title: Secure Our Ports Act of 2025
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-01-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Blocks state-controlled or state-partly-owned foreign entities from owning or operating U.S. port facilities.** The act prohibits owners or operators of facilities that require a facility security plan from entering ownership, leasing, or operation contracts with state-owned enterprises of China, Russia, North Korea, or Iran or with any foreign entity that any of those states partly owns. - Port owners and operators: Cannot sign contracts to sell, lease, or hand over operation of facilities that require a facility security plan to the specified foreign state-owned or state-partly-owned entities. - Foreign state-owned and partly state-owned entities: Are barred from acquiring, leasing, or operating covered port facilities. - Scope and definitions: The restriction applies only to facilities that require a facility security plan under section 70103(c) and uses the "facility" and "owner or operator" definitions in section 70101.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-28] (R-FL), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Port owners face bans on certain contracts: mixed, medium. This bill would bar owners and operators of certain port facilities from some contracts. They would be unable to enter contracts for ownership, leasing, or operation with state-owned firms from China, Russia, North Korea, or Iran. They also could not contract with any foreign company that has any o…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9495: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027
- 119-hr-4016: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-252 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/252)

## Related
- [119-hr-9495: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9495)
- [119-hr-4016: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4016)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-252 (as of 2026-09-10).