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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | DSESSION S. 4369 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security |
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| 6 | 6 | | Center to develop a strategy and conduct outreach to United States |
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| 7 | 7 | | industry, including shipping companies, port operators, and logistics |
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| 8 | 8 | | firms, on the risks of smartport technology of the People’s Republic |
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| 9 | 9 | | of China and other related risks, and for other purposes. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 11 | 11 | | MAY20, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. C |
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| 13 | 13 | | ASEY(for himself, Mr. COTTON, and Mr. KELLY) introduced the fol- |
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| 14 | 14 | | lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Select Committee |
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| 15 | 15 | | on Intelligence |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To require the Director of the National Counterintelligence |
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| 18 | 18 | | and Security Center to develop a strategy and conduct |
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| 19 | 19 | | outreach to United States industry, including shipping |
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| 20 | 20 | | companies, port operators, and logistics firms, on the |
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| 21 | 21 | | risks of smartport technology of the People’s Republic |
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| 22 | 22 | | of China and other related risks, and for other purposes. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secure Smartports Act 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | of 2024’’. 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •S 4369 IS |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. STRATEGY AND OUTREACH ON RISKS POSED BY 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA SMARTPORT 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | TECHNOLOGY. 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (a) S |
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| 35 | 35 | | TRATEGY ANDOUTREACHREQUIRED.—The Di-4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | rector of the National Counterintelligence and Security 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Center shall develop a strategy and conduct outreach to 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | United States industry, including shipping companies, 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | port operators, and logistics firms, on the risks of 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | smartport technology of the People’s Republic of China 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | and other related risks posed by entities of the People’s 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Republic of China, including LOGINK, China Ocean Ship-11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ping Company, Limited (COSCO), China Communications 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Construction Company, Limited (CCCC), China Media 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Group (CMG), and Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Company Limited (ZPMC), to the national security of the 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | United States, the security of United States supply chains, 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | and commercial activity, including with respect to delays, 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | interruption, and lockout of access to systems and tech-18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | nologies that enable the free flow of commerce. 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (b) C |
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| 52 | 52 | | ONSISTENCYWITHEXECUTIVEORDERS AND 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | O |
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| 54 | 54 | | THERSTATUTORYAUTHORITIES.—The Director shall 21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | carry out subsection (a) in a manner that is consistent 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | with the following: 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (1) Part 6 of title 33, Code of Federal Regula-24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | tions, as amended by Executive Order 14116 (89 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Fed. Reg. 13971; relating to amending regulations 26 |
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| 62 | 62 | | •S 4369 IS |
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| 63 | 63 | | relating to the safeguarding of vessels, harbors, 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ports, and waterfront facilities of the United States. 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (2) Executive Order 14017 (86 Fed. Reg. 3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | 11849; relating to America’s supply chains), or suc-4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | cessor order. 5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (3) Section 825 of the National Defense Au-6 |
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| 69 | 69 | | thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 7 |
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| 70 | 70 | | 118–31). 8 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (c) C |
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| 72 | 72 | | OORDINATION.—The Director shall carry out 9 |
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| 73 | 73 | | subsection (a) in coordination with the Commandant of 10 |
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| 74 | 74 | | the U.S. Coast Guard, the Director of the Federal Bureau 11 |
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| 75 | 75 | | of Investigation, the Commander of the Office of Naval 12 |
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| 76 | 76 | | Intelligence, and such other heads of Federal agencies as 13 |
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| 77 | 77 | | the Director considers appropriate. 14 |
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