Official Summaries

Maritime Supply Chain Security Act

This bill authorizes the Maritime Administration to competitively award grants under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) to upgrade or replace port cranes or parts of port cranes maintained, installed, provided, controlled, or sponsored by China or any of its departments, ministries, centers, agencies, or instrumentalities. The bill further specifies that grant funds may be used to upgrade or replace port cranes' hardware or software. 

PIDP grants fund eligible projects that aim to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement of goods through U.S. ports.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2390 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2390


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 10, 2025

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 AN ACT


 
      To amend title 46, United States Code, to clarify that port 
infrastructure development program funds may be used to replace Chinese 
        port crane hardware or software, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Maritime Supply Chain Security 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO CLARIFY THAT PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT 
              PROGRAM FUNDS MAY BE USED TO REPLACE CHINESE PORT CRANE 
              HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE.

    Section 54301(a)(3)(A)(ii)(III) of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``including projects to improve port 
        resilience;'' and inserting ``including--''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                                            ``(aa) projects to improve 
                                        port resilience; and
                                            ``(bb) projects to upgrade 
                                        or replace port cranes or parts 
                                        of port cranes (including 
                                        hardware and software) that--

                                                    ``(AA) were 
                                                installed or provided 
                                                by the People's 
                                                Republic of China or 
                                                any department, 
                                                ministry, center, 
                                                agency, or 
                                                instrumentality of the 
                                                Government of the 
                                                People's Republic of 
                                                China; or

                                                    ``(BB) are 
                                                maintained, controlled, 
                                                or sponsored by the 
                                                People's Republic of 
                                                China or any 
                                                department, ministry, 
                                                center, agency, or 
                                                instrumentality of the 
                                                Government of the 
                                                People's Republic of 
                                                China;''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 9, 2025.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.