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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 252 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit certain contracts for |
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| 6 | 6 | | port operations and management, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY9, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | ALVERTintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit certain |
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| 14 | 14 | | contracts for port operations and management, and for |
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| 15 | 15 | | other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secure Our Ports Act 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN CONTRACTS FOR PORT 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT. 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a) I |
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| 24 | 24 | | NGENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 700 of 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | end the following: 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 252 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘§ 70015. Prohibition on certain contracts for port op-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | eration and management 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 33 | 33 | | NGENERAL.—An owner or operator of a facil-3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ity for which an Area Maritime Transportation Security 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Plan is required under section 70103 of this title may not 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | enter into a contract for the ownership, leasing, or oper-6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ation of such facility with an entity that is— 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(1) a Chinese, Russian, North Korean, or Ira-8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | nian state-owned enterprise; or 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(2) a foreign entity for which any percentage 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | is owned by a country listed in paragraph (1). 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(b) D |
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| 43 | 43 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘Area 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Maritime Transportation Security Plan’, ‘facility’, and 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘owner or operator’ have the meanings given such terms 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | in section 70101 of this title.’’. 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (b) C |
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| 48 | 48 | | LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ter 700 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | inserting after the item relating to section 70014 the fol-18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | lowing: 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘70015. Prohibition on certain contracts for port operation and management.’’. |
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