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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2390 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 46, United States Code, to clarify that port infrastructure |
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| 6 | 6 | | development program funds may be used to replace Chinese port crane |
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| 7 | 7 | | hardware or software, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH26, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. R |
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| 11 | 11 | | OUZERintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend title 46, United States Code, to clarify that port |
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| 15 | 15 | | infrastructure development program funds may be used |
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| 16 | 16 | | to replace Chinese port crane hardware or software, and |
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| 17 | 17 | | for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Maritime Supply Chain 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Security Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO CLARIFY THAT PORT INFRA-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | FUNDS MAY BE USED TO REPLACE CHINESE 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | PORT CRANE HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE. 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 54301(a)(3)(A)(ii)(III) of title 46, United 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | States Code, is amended— 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) by striking ‘‘including projects to improve 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | port resilience;’’ and inserting ‘‘including—’’; and 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(aa) projects to improve 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | port resilience; and 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(bb) projects to upgrade or 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | replace port cranes or parts of 13 |
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| 39 | 39 | | port cranes (including hardware 14 |
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| 40 | 40 | | and software) that— 15 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(AA) were installed or 16 |
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| 42 | 42 | | provided by the People’s Re-17 |
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| 43 | 43 | | public of China or any de-18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | partment, ministry, center, 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | agency, or instrumentality of 20 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the Government of the Peo-21 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ple’s Republic of China; or 22 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(BB) are maintained, 23 |
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| 49 | 49 | | controlled, or sponsored by 24 |
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| 50 | 50 | | the People’s Republic of 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | China or any department, 26 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ministry, center, agency, or 1 |
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| 56 | 56 | | instrumentality of the Gov-2 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ernment of the People’s Re-3 |
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| 58 | 58 | | public of China;’’. 4 |
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