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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2328 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To study the security of the Soo Locks and effects on the supply chain |
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| 6 | 6 | | resulting from a malfunction or failure of the Soo Locks, and for other |
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| 7 | 7 | | purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH25, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. J |
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| 11 | 11 | | AMESintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 12 | 12 | | on Transportation and Infrastructure |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To study the security of the Soo Locks and effects on the |
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| 15 | 15 | | supply chain resulting from a malfunction or failure of |
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| 16 | 16 | | the Soo Locks, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Soo Locks Security 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | and Economic Reporting Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. REPORT ON SECURITY AND ECONOMIC EFFECTS ON 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SUPPLY CHAIN OF SOO LOCKS, MICHIGAN. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) I |
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| 25 | 25 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-9 |
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| 30 | 30 | | tation, in coordination with the Commandant of the Coast 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Guard and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | appropriate committees of Congress a report that— 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) highlights any security deficiencies that 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | exist with respect to the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Marie, Michigan; 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) highlights the supply chain, logistical, and 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | economic effects that would result in the event of a 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | malfunction or failure of the Soo Locks and how 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | such effects would impact the region surrounding 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | the Soo Locks and the United States; 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (3) highlights any potential domestic or inter-12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | national threats to the integrity of the Soo Locks; 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (4) details the current security structure of the 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Coast Guard and any other relevant Federal, State, 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | or local agency to protect the Soo Locks; and 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (5) provides any recommendations, and cost es-17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | timates for such recommendations, for— 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (A) strengthening the security of the Soo 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Locks; and 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (B) reducing the impacts to the supply 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | chain of the United States that would result in 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | the event of a malfunction or failure of the Soo 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Locks. 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (b) APPROPRIATECOMMITTEES OF CONGRESSDE-1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | FINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Congress’’ means— 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (1) the Committee on Transportation and In-4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | frastructure of the House of Representatives; 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (2) the Committee on Commerce, Transpor-6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | tation, and Science of the Senate; and 7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (3) the Committee on Environment and Public 8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Works of the Senate. 9 |
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