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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1165
To require the inspection of certain foreign cranes before use at a United
States port, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY10, 2025
Mr. G
IMENEZ(for himself, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mrs. KIGGANSof Virginia, Mrs.
L
UNA, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. HIGGINSof Louisiana, and Mr. GREENof
Tennessee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security
A BILL
To require the inspection of certain foreign cranes before
use at a United States port, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Port Crane Security 4
and Inspection Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. FOREIGN CRANE INSPECTION TRANSPORTATION 1
AND PORT SECURITY AND MARITIME SECU-2
RITY ENHANCEMENT. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.—With respect to newly constructed 4
foreign cranes procured for use at a United States port 5
determined by the Secretary to be of high risk to port se-6
curity or maritime transportation security and that con-7
nect to the internet, the Secretary of Homeland Security 8
shall, acting through the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 9
Security Agency, before such crane is placed into service 10
at such port, inspect such crane for potential security risks 11
or threats. 12
(b) S
ECURITYRISKS ORTHREATSASSESSMENTS.— 13
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 14
this Act, the Secretary shall— 15
(1) assess the threat posed by security risks or 16
threats of any existing or newly constructed foreign 17
cranes in use at a United States port; and 18
(2) take any crane that poses a security risk or 19
threat offline until such crane can be certified as no 20
longer being a risk or threat. 21
(c) R
EPORT TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 22
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 23
brief the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 24
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-25
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate regarding for-26
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eign crane security risks or threats posed by existing or 1
newly constructed foreign cranes within United States 2
ports. 3
(d) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 4
(1) C
OVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY .—The term 5
‘‘covered foreign country’’ means a country that— 6
(A) the intelligence community has identi-7
fied as a foreign adversary in its most recent 8
Annual Threat Assessment; or 9
(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security, 10
in coordination with the Director of National 11
Intelligence, has identified as a foreign adver-12
sary that is not included in such Annual Threat 13
Assessment. 14
(2) F
OREIGN CRANE .—The term ‘‘foreign 15
crane’’ means a crane for which any information 16
technology and operational technology components in 17
such crane that is connected into cyber infrastruc-18
ture at a port located in the United States was, in 19
whole or in part, manufactured by an entity that is 20
operating under ownership, control, or influence of a 21
covered foreign country. 22
SEC. 3. FOREIGN CRANE PROHIBITION. 23
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-24
sion of law, a foreign crane— 25
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(1) for which a contract was entered into on or 1
after the date of enactment of this Act may not be 2
operated at a port located in the United States; and 3
(2) operated at a port located in the United 4
States may not operate foreign software on any date 5
after the date which is 5 years after the date of en-6
actment of this Act. 7
(b) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 8
(1) C
OVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY .—The term 9
‘‘covered foreign country’’ means a country that— 10
(A) the intelligence community has identi-11
fied as a foreign adversary in its most recent 12
Annual Threat Assessment; or 13
(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security, 14
in coordination with the Director of National 15
Intelligence, has identified as a foreign adver-16
sary that is not included in such Annual Threat 17
Assessment. 18
(2) F
OREIGN CRANE .—The term ‘‘foreign 19
crane’’ means a crane for which any software or 20
other technology in such crane that is connected into 21
cyber infrastructure at a port located in the United 22
States was, in whole or in part, manufactured by an 23
entity that is owned or controlled by, is a subsidiary 24
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of, or is otherwise related legally or financially to a 1
corporation based in a covered foreign country. 2
(3) F
OREIGN SOFTWARE .—The term ‘‘foreign 3
software’’ means software or other technology, in 4
whole or in part, manufactured by a company wholly 5
owned by a covered foreign country. 6
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