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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1165
5	5	To require the inspection of certain foreign cranes before use at a United
6	6	States port, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY10, 2025
9	9	Mr. G
10	10	IMENEZ(for himself, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mrs. KIGGANSof Virginia, Mrs.
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12	12	UNA, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. HIGGINSof Louisiana, and Mr. GREENof
13	13	Tennessee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
14	14	mittee on Homeland Security
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To require the inspection of certain foreign cranes before
17	17	use at a United States port, and for other purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Port Crane Security 4
22	22	and Inspection Act of 2025’’. 5
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26	26	SEC. 2. FOREIGN CRANE INSPECTION TRANSPORTATION 1
27	27	AND PORT SECURITY AND MARITIME SECU-2
28	28	RITY ENHANCEMENT. 3
29	29	(a) I
30	30	NGENERAL.—With respect to newly constructed 4
31	31	foreign cranes procured for use at a United States port 5
32	32	determined by the Secretary to be of high risk to port se-6
33	33	curity or maritime transportation security and that con-7
34	34	nect to the internet, the Secretary of Homeland Security 8
35	35	shall, acting through the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 9
36	36	Security Agency, before such crane is placed into service 10
37	37	at such port, inspect such crane for potential security risks 11
38	38	or threats. 12
39	39	(b) S
40	40	ECURITYRISKS ORTHREATSASSESSMENTS.— 13
41	41	Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 14
42	42	this Act, the Secretary shall— 15
43	43	(1) assess the threat posed by security risks or 16
44	44	threats of any existing or newly constructed foreign 17
45	45	cranes in use at a United States port; and 18
46	46	(2) take any crane that poses a security risk or 19
47	47	threat offline until such crane can be certified as no 20
48	48	longer being a risk or threat. 21
49	49	(c) R
50	50	EPORT TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 22
51	51	after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 23
52	52	brief the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 24
53	53	of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-25
54	54	rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate regarding for-26
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58	58	eign crane security risks or threats posed by existing or 1
59	59	newly constructed foreign cranes within United States 2
60	60	ports. 3
61	61	(d) D
62	62	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 4
63	63	(1) C
64	64	OVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY .—The term 5
65	65	‘‘covered foreign country’’ means a country that— 6
66	66	(A) the intelligence community has identi-7
67	67	fied as a foreign adversary in its most recent 8
68	68	Annual Threat Assessment; or 9
69	69	(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security, 10
70	70	in coordination with the Director of National 11
71	71	Intelligence, has identified as a foreign adver-12
72	72	sary that is not included in such Annual Threat 13
73	73	Assessment. 14
74	74	(2) F
75	75	OREIGN CRANE .—The term ‘‘foreign 15
76	76	crane’’ means a crane for which any information 16
77	77	technology and operational technology components in 17
78	78	such crane that is connected into cyber infrastruc-18
79	79	ture at a port located in the United States was, in 19
80	80	whole or in part, manufactured by an entity that is 20
81	81	operating under ownership, control, or influence of a 21
82	82	covered foreign country. 22
83	83	SEC. 3. FOREIGN CRANE PROHIBITION. 23
84	84	(a) I
85	85	NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-24
86	86	sion of law, a foreign crane— 25
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90	90	(1) for which a contract was entered into on or 1
91	91	after the date of enactment of this Act may not be 2
92	92	operated at a port located in the United States; and 3
93	93	(2) operated at a port located in the United 4
94	94	States may not operate foreign software on any date 5
95	95	after the date which is 5 years after the date of en-6
96	96	actment of this Act. 7
97	97	(b) D
98	98	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 8
99	99	(1) C
100	100	OVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY .—The term 9
101	101	‘‘covered foreign country’’ means a country that— 10
102	102	(A) the intelligence community has identi-11
103	103	fied as a foreign adversary in its most recent 12
104	104	Annual Threat Assessment; or 13
105	105	(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security, 14
106	106	in coordination with the Director of National 15
107	107	Intelligence, has identified as a foreign adver-16
108	108	sary that is not included in such Annual Threat 17
109	109	Assessment. 18
110	110	(2) F
111	111	OREIGN CRANE .—The term ‘‘foreign 19
112	112	crane’’ means a crane for which any software or 20
113	113	other technology in such crane that is connected into 21
114	114	cyber infrastructure at a port located in the United 22
115	115	States was, in whole or in part, manufactured by an 23
116	116	entity that is owned or controlled by, is a subsidiary 24
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120	120	of, or is otherwise related legally or financially to a 1
121	121	corporation based in a covered foreign country. 2
122	122	(3) F
123	123	OREIGN SOFTWARE .—The term ‘‘foreign 3
124	124	software’’ means software or other technology, in 4
125	125	whole or in part, manufactured by a company wholly 5
126	126	owned by a covered foreign country. 6
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