Affirming Hawaii's Path To Financial And Economic Security, Resiliency, And Self-determination By Urging Increased Caution Concerning Foreign Influence In Hawaii's Critical Infrastructure And Calling On Departments And Agencies To Accelerate The Elimination Of Hawaii's Dependence On Imports Serving Critical Infrastructure Including Fuels For Electricity Generation And Intra-state Transportation As Soon As Possible, But No Later Than 2045.
Relating To Foreign Critical Assets.
AN ACT to provide for a legislative management report relating to a foreign adversary threat assessment conducted by the department of emergency services.
Critical infrastructure: automated decision systems: human oversight.
Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan: clean energy project siting and permitting.
This resolution expresses concern about the presence and influence of China in Panamanian ports and infrastructure, particularly in facilities with strategic significance such as the ports of Balboa and Cristobal. The resolution calls on the Panamanian government to reaffirm its commitment to the permanent neutrality of the Panama Canal as defined by the Neutrality Treaty (i.e., the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal, signed in 1977) and terminate agreements allowing Chinese state-owned enterprises or private entities based in China to manage such strategic infrastructure. The resolution also urges the U.S. government to (1) leverage provisions of the Neutrality Treaty to address threats to the neutrality of the Panama Canal, and (2) develop a U.S.-Panama task force to oversee canal security and operations.
Calling on the Government of Panama to expel officials and interests of the People's Republic of China and terminate Chinese management of key Panamanian ports.
Urges Congress to establish national infrastructure bank.